Dear Players,
We are just rolling out a quick client-sided patch to fix a lot of crashes. This is a "follow up" on last patch where we mentioned that we are now able to look into crash dumps much easier and more advanced. So please keep uploading your crash dumps as that allows us to fix the crashes much faster and roll out more patches like this! The patch is client-sided meaning no server restart is needed. Here are the exact notes:
Fixed a crash when a player exits a vehicle.
Fixed a crash related to the sound engine / vehicles.
Fixed a crash when a player would disconnect from a server.
Fixed a bug causing the game to not automatically return to the game-mode that you were playing after logging out.
Players who use "One Drive" documents will now have their game data stored in the "AppData" folder instead. (Was causing players not being able to start their game etc.)
Please keep in mind the fixes listed above are more "general" and summarized up. These crashes were MAJOR crashes and caused players to crash many times a day just because of these crashes. We hope for the players that do crash sometimes to now crash less and notice a difference.
Once again, keep uploading your crash dumps after you crash!
Average patch size: 81 mb.
Patch is a client-sided patch only meaning no server restart is needed.
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Best Regards,
// Infestation: The New Z - Staff Team

Dear Players,
We are very excited to share this new patch with you all. Before we jump into the patch notes we would like to make clear what our goal with this patch is and what we're aiming for in the next upcoming weeks.
First of all this patch isn't all about survival and the crafting system. As you will read in the patch notes is that the crafting system that will be released in this patch will be the "basis" of a development we will follow in the upcoming weeks. We just want to get the "basis" out there and work from there while at the same time our community can give us feedback too. Second of all this patch is mainly focused to fix more "general" issues rather than bringing major new content / features. There's a lot happening behind the scenes related to this patch as we have improved our crash report system. Crashes have our number one priority and with this patch we will be able to keep track of crashes a million times better than before. This is the actual main reason for this patch as when this patch is released we will be able to fix crashes better and faster in the future.
Now, let's jump into the patch notes.
Overall Updates:
Fixed a bug that caused the alien super zombie to have the normal textures of the normal super zombie. The alien super now looks like an actual alien super zombie again.
Fixed an issue that caused a common town building used in almost every map of the game to randomly be invisible for players. (Some players could see this building, some players couldn't.)
Fixed an issue related to the Steam Achievements causing them not to work. Steam Achievements should now work properly again. Our apologies for the issues.
Fixed an issue related to the White House building where textures of this building would sometimes not load / glitch.
Fixed an issue related to the Airport Tower building where textures of the antenna would sometimes not load / glitch. Also fixed a way players could glitch through a wall inside a non-accessible area. (Original Report)
Fixed the animation issues related to the GD Airdrop Caller.
Fixed an issue related to the big market building where players could no-clip through a certain wall. (Original Report)
Fixed a bug causing the last previewed skin to show instead of your character.
Fixed an issue related to the game freezing / crashing upon exiting the game.
Fixed a bug in the launcher causing the login button to get stuck.
Fixed some UI bugs on the marketplace.
Fixed an issue related to stacking gasoline.
Fixed a bug in the spawn system causing players to spawn under the ground or outside the map after a failed game join.
More beginner dedicated loading screens are being created / already made to improve the experience in the game for starting players and help them to get into the game as easy and fast as possible.
Removed "Open World items" from the Survival and Battle Royale marketplaces. Game dollars is the Open World currency and only items that are for game dollars will show in the Open World marketplace. GC items will always show in every marketplace.
Separated the marketplaces for each game-mode to prevent confusion.
We are trying to funnel beginning players more into the survival game-mode rather than Open World since most beginning players will die faster in Open World from more experienced players. More information about this can be found on the "Survival" part of these patch notes.
Doing any inventory actions will now alert you before-hand if the action will reset your character spawn. People didn't seem to know this. This is also a feature we added that's more aimed towards the beginning players.
PVP Map Rotation:
Smallville has now been removed. (Don't worry, this map will be back soon again.)
SpringValley now has the random spawn system.
The new map: "District" has been added to the rotation and is now available. (for picture of the map click here.) (For more pictures click here.)
Item Updates:
Fixed the shank (melee) animation issue that was caused in our latest patch. Also fixed the texture issues and the icon problem. This melee should work properly again now. Our apologies for the problems.
Fixed the MP5/SD zombie attraction shoot radius. Zombies should not attract that far to this weapon now when shooting.
Added a new country riot shield: "Riot Shield Pakistan".
Added the following extra text to the vehicle spawner's description: "(Item can ONLY be used in Premium & Private servers)". This is done so players know before buying them where they can use these items.
Added back: "Riot Shield Glad".
Updated the painkiller (medical item) store icon.
Updated the antibiotics (medical item) store icon.
Updated the medkit (medical item) store icon.
Updated the bandages (medical item) store icon.
Updated the bandages (medical item) DX store icon.
Once and for all the "Ballistic Shield" is now finally working properly. This shield will be available after this patch. We will probably add it to the in-game marketplace for open world + make it find-able. Expect an update about this after the patch on our social media channels.
Skin Updates:
Fixed the "Sig Sauer 556 MMFK" texture problems. (Update)
Fixed the "AK-74M Collapse" texture and animations issues. This skin is now ready to be released.
Fixed the "EVO 3 Spector" texture and animation issues. This skin is now ready to be released.
Fixed the "M9 Bayonet Matte" store icon and animation issues.
Fixed the "M9 Bayonet Tiger" animation issues.
Fixed the "M9 Bayonet Destruction" animation issues.
Fixed the "M9 Bayonet Fade' animation issues.
Fixed the "M9 Bayonet Red Strike" animation issues.
Fixed the "Heavy Armor Fun Edition" description.
Fixed the "K. Style NVG Fun Edtion" description.
Added a new QBZ-95 skin to the Fun Edition Skinbox called: "QBZ-95 Fun Edition".
Added a new Custom Guerilla skin to the Fun Edtion Skinbox skin called: "Custom Guerilla Fun Edition".
Added the Custom Guerilla Toxic to the Mystery and Revolution Skinbox.
Added the IMI-TAR 21 Leather to the Mystery and Revolution Skinbox.
Added the Famas Tiger to the Mystery and Revolution Skinbox.
Added the Desert Eagle Fire to the Mystery and Revolution Skinbox.
Added the Saiga Leaves to the Mystery Skinbox and Open World loot.
Added the Custom Guerilla Zombies to the Mystery Skinbox and Open World loot.
Added the IBA Matrix to the Mystery Skinbox and Open World loot.
Added the Heavy Armor Forged Iron to the Mystery and Revolution Skinbox.
Updated the "AUG Skully Pink" skin (textures) based on community feedback.
NOTE: These skins have been in the game but never got released. We wanted to bring something new to the players but at the same time "clean up" so therefor these skins. (In case you're wondering about a certain skin that you've seen the name of it before.)
Updated the "Mystery Skinbox" content. This skinbox was unavailable for a certain period because we wanted to update all the content inside the skinbox. This is done now and the skinbox is available again after this update.
Character Updates:
Fixed the Average Joe Head Tattoo hair texture issue. (Related to the alpha layer of the texture.)
Fixed the Mechanic Female Body Latex store icon. This is also why this body wasn't released in the marketplace yet. This new body will be available in the in-game marketplace after this update.
Fixed the Park Ranger character part item names. After this update also all the new Park Ranger character clothes should be available.
Battle Royale Updates:
Load-outs are now updated. We've added more various and different kind of load-outs. This goes all the way from very strong ones to very simple ones. We hope this will bring more fun and variation to the warm-up game-play inside the Battle Royale lobby's. (Over 20 new load-outs are added)
NOTE: We are now planning to update the Battle Royale load-outs monthly to keep them updated and interesting.
Survival Updates:
OVERALL:
The Crafting System. It's there! The "basis" of the crafting system is done! Let's jump into details.
The crafting system is a huge new feature for survival our community has been waiting for. It's time to update you all regarding the progress of this new feature. The crafting system was a feature that was suppose to be released together with the survival mode but that didn't happen due the fact that we wanted to release survival earlier. Ever since then we have been working on this new crafting system and right now we are about to release the first version of this feature. Here's a list that explains shortly what's going to be available when the crafting system gets released:
- Crafting items will for now only be find-able. Components will be added to the loot tables. As tools are still disabled (so you can't use an axe to cut wood yet) the items will only be find-able.
- Full crafting menu is finished and will be released including a list of all craft-able items, a crafting queue (that can be cancelled for example) and more!
- Armors, melees, food, medical items, barricades etc is all released and available to be crafted.
We are asking you all for your feedback and we would also want to let you know that this is just the "basis" of the crafting system. If you want to know more about our plans and what is coming for the crafting system we recommend you to read the full developer blog about this listed below.
For more information about the new crafting system we recommend you to read the following developer blog: http://forums.fredaikis.com/index.php?/topic/1498-survival-the-crafting-system-update/
Players now have around 30% more stamina in survival.
Survival is now the first button in the game-mode selection screen and Open World has been moved to the third place.
MAP UPDATES:
Increased the amount of cars spawning so that players can find them easier and travel around the map faster. (community request.)
Component items are now spawning in the map. Also added "nature" spawns where players can find sticks and rocks in the forests.
Fixed some flying barrels in Campos City.
Fixed some misplaced loot where loot was sometimes spawning inside walls in Campos City.
Map Updates: COLORADO V1:
Fixed a misplaced rock at Oak Mountain Rest Stop.
Fixed a misplaced part of the big house in Frosty Pines.
Fixed a navigation mesh problem one of the airport hangar's at Ridgeway Airport.
COLORADO V2:
Added more collision walls on top of the fire station in Death Valley.
Added more collision walls on top of the "Beach House" in Boulder City.
Replaced the "Beach-House" in Boulder City with a different one because player were glitching on top of it.
Deleted some containers at Ridgeway Airport that were double placed.
Removed the collision walls which are in front of the tunnel at Norad Military Base.
Fixed some flying rocks around Rifle Ridge.
Fixed a glitched fence at Lonetree Farm.
Fixed a terrain issue at Emerald Peak where the terrain was too low.'
Fixed the big market at Clearview where players could glitch inside through the wall. (on the side of the garage.)
CALIWOOD:
Fixed a minimap spelling mistake where military was spelled wrong.
Deleted some miss-placed walls around the convention center.
ROCKY FORD: (PVP MAP)
Moved some tree outside the map where players were glitching inside in.
SPRING VALLEY: (PVP MAP)
Added the full random spawn system. (Like mentioned earlier already)
Fixed a misplaced street.
Fixed a no-clippable fence at the construction buildings area.
With all this said we would also want to let you guys know what we're aiming for for the next upcoming patch. Just to keep you all updated about what's coming. Please keep in mind this is "roughly" and doesn't mean these are the ONLY things that are most likely coming. It's just a simple list:
Fix more crashes now that we have our new system. (Read the start of these patch notes for more information regarding this.)
Bring a huge (mostly survival related) content patch. Also this includes finishing all the plans we're working on that are listed in the developer blog about the survival crafting system.
Make the game more beginner friendly. We are aiming to do all sorts of changes (that won't affect current players of course) to make our game as beginner friendly as possible. For example: tutorials etc.
Average patch size: 170 mb.
Patch is expected to roll out at: September 7, 2017 around 10:00 / 11:00 AM (UTC+2)
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Best Regards,
// Infestation: The New Z - Staff Team

Dear Players,
First of all we would like to excuse to all players who have been experiencing FPS and performance issues after yesterday's patch. We have been working closely together with these players to figure out what the problem was so that we could fix this as soon as possible. We are happy to tell you now that the problems have been resolved and that we are doing a quick server restart to apply this update. Thanks everyone for their patience and help. Again, our excuses for these issues.
Average size of this patch: 31 mb.
Patch is expected to roll out any time: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 around 23:00 PM (UTC+2)
May further issues occur after this patch could you guys please write a support ticket about your issue so that we can work closely together with you on resolving your issue as good as possible.
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Best Regards,
// Infestation: The New Z - Staff Team

Dear Players,
There's a short server restart required to fix some issues. The main issue is that there's a problem with beginner accounts that can't join any servers for the first hour. There's also some server related issues that we have to fix in order to make the game and servers run fine.
Downtime will be very short. (Minimal) We will keep you all updated about the restart through our Twitter: https://twitter.com/infestationnewz
Here is a short list of the most important things in this hotfix:
Fixed a very rare server crash related to reports.
Fixed a client crash related to the anticheat and another that randomly happens in-game.
Fixed the sounds for the female character.
Fixed the loadout issues.
Fixed some issues with the antimacro, community kept having issues with this.
Players with 1 hour of playtime or less can join official servers again, we apologize for this.
Best Regards,
// Infestation: The New Z - Staff Team

Dear Players,
Here we finally are! The patch is about to be released and we're very excited to share these pre-patch not for tomorrow morning with you. We are sorry it took a little bit longer to finish this patch due summer & longer testing. This patch contains a lot of exciting new things for example: we have finally finished the ping limiter, a new character system rework & new clothes, a lot of new skins, a lot of new items, a lot of new features and a lot of fixes! Now, let's jump into the actual patch notes for more info:
Btw, if you have any questions regarding one of the notes, feel free to ask us anything in the comments!
Overall Updates:
Two new character models are now available! Check out the in-game marketplace for prices. Let us know what you think of these new characters in the comments. (Note: Here's the icons of both of the characters)
There's also a new zombie model finished. We would like to NOT share any pictures of this new zombie so that our community can find it in-game themselves. Let us know if you've found any of the new zombies. (Note: The new zombies aren't like a new boss but more like an extra type of "normal" zombies)
Note: Another character is still being finished. Stay tuned for that!
Airdrops have been buffed globally in every game-mode airdrops appear. Airdrops should appear more often now.
The GD Airdrop Caller icon is now updated so that players can see a visual difference between the two different airdrop callers to avoid scamming.
Reworked the daily reward item list. Removed more "useless items" and added a lot of new variate in items. Daily reward should reward players generally with better items now. Here's more in-depth notes about the exact changes:
Removed the normal skinbox from the daily reward.
Added numerous of new different items as daily reward.
Increased the spawn protection timer for players after using the bus system. (due fast load) Spawn protection is now 5 seconds longer after using the bus system.
Player's stamina will now reset to 100% after using the bus system.
Added the "Mystery Skinbox" to the Deluxe reward system.
Added the "Alien, Jedi & Hynx Skinbox" to the Extreme reward system.
Health Bar Percentage shows an accuracy of up to 0.1% when low health. We thought this would be useful for some players!
Players can no longer place down cars or other vehicles while walking. Players can only place vehicles while standing still now.
Players can now stack empty weapons even if they had different kinds of ammo inside the weapon. This has been a huge request by our community and we are very happy we were able to make this happen. Player's global inventories will now look way cleaner than ever before. (This indirectly fixes the bug where player's can't stack the same weapon that's empty. Now they are able to.)
Players can no longer pick up or place vehicles that are under 5% durability.
Beginner servers are now officially and permanently removed. We have announced this a while back to avoid confusion for our community and we recommend everyone that wants to know why exactly the beginner servers got removed to read the following thread: http://forums.fredaikis.com/index.php?/topic/1101-beginner-servers-are-going-to-be-removed/
Beginning players will now have a new dedicated info screen explain the basics of the game / menu and the game-modes. We felt this was needed after removing the beginner servers to help the new players get into the game easier and faster. Please note that every account might have this screen the first time you start the game after this patch.
Weapons you get from the daily reward system are brand new, so now it shows properly that its a brand new weapon. (This wasn't showing properly in the UI before.)
Fixed a bug related to while being inside a vehicle where the stamina bar didn't update. The stamina bar now visually updates too while driving.
Fixed texture issues related to the antenna model. (Used for example in Colorado V2 on top of the airport tower.)
Fixed an issue related to the Tactical Weapon Crate where players could bring them from the Open World game-mode into the Survival game-mode. This is no longer possible. Players who did this have been punished.
Fixed the "Report Players" loading screen spelling mistype.
Fixed the loudness problem of the shooting sound of the mosin. (rifle)
Fixed an issue related to reviving characters. Players are now able to revive their characters properly again. (This fix has already been live for a while)
Fixed a huge issue that allowed players to glitch inside buildings and other big objects by logging out on top of a riot shield or other high objects. When players try to do this they will now be forced crouched while joining back in the server not allowing them to glitch inside somewhere.
Fixed a bug where the time capsule text editor would bug and block you from writing to it.
Server Updates:
This section isn't entirely related to the "servers" but we just titled it like that to avoid confusion. We would like to explain a major and game-breaking issue that has been happening in the game ever since we released on Steam. The problem here goes as following: (This is also how players reported this issue many times)
"New Z has servers in 4 different regions in the world. The problem is that anyone can play anywhere which is causing numerous amounts of issues for players playing against each other from different kind of regions of the world. For example: players from Thailand play on the EU servers and make it harder for EU players to play because they have to fight players that have a bad connection aka high ping."
We would like to go more in-depth about the "high ping" part that we mentioned above and we would like to explain what we updated in the game to avoid these issues. So, what happened?
Added a ping limit system to the servers. (Please read more information about this below since this isn't just a ping limit system as you think it is.)
The ping-limit system that we are using is not IN the actual server but it's in the menu. How does this work? Basically New Z will have 2 type of game servers:
1) Normal server.
2) Ping Limited server. (Limit is dynamically decided by us but on default 100 ms.)
After this update half of the New Z server will be type 2 and half of the servers will be type 1. Players are able to see in the menu which servers are type 2 and which servers are type 1. We will explain now how the ping limit system works: New Z checks the player's ping while loading the servers list. When a player wants to join a type 1 server he can do that with no problems but when a player wants to join a type 2 server the game checks if the player's ping is lower than the max. allowed ping on that server. This will allow EU players (that have low ping to EU servers) to always join the EU ping limited servers but for example players from Thailand (who in no matter what they do with their internet connection) will ALWAYS have a higher ping than 100 ms not allowing them to even join the server. Next to that WHILE being inside a server IF you manage to have your ping going over 100 ms (for example when you have lagg) the server will behave normally and not kick you from the server or anything else.
This will result that players always have to play in the region that's closest to them. Players that don't like to play in a ping limited server can still play in a normal type server but then there's a chance they play against people with a high ping / bad connection. This will be their own choice.
Why haven't we added a ping limit system before? We haven't thought "outside of the box yet" and basically the only solution we saw was an inside-server ping limit system where players would simply get kicked if their ping was too high. We never wanted to do this since this would probably cause a lot of players to leave the game. Now we finally came up with a better system.
If you have any more questions about this feel free to ask them in the comments or on our other social media channels.
Skin Updates:
Added a new skinbox called: "Revolution Skinbox". (Check our social media channels to see when this skinbox will be released)
Added new skins in the Hynx Skinbox called "Hynx v2" skins. See below what skins are added in the box.
Added a new SVD skin to the "Hynx Skinbox" called: "SVD Hynx v2".
Added a new Adventure Backpack skin to the "Hynx Skinbox" called: "Adventure Backpack Hynx v2".
Added a new Karambit to the "Hynx Skinbox" called: "Karambit Hynx v2".
Added a new IMI TAR skin to the "Hynx Skinbox" called: "IMI TAR Hynx v2".
Added a new K. Style Helmet skin to the "Hynx Skinbox" called: "K. Style Hynx v2".
Added a new K. Style NVG Helmet skin to the "Hynx Skinbox" called: "K. Style NVG Hynx v2".
Added a new Heavy Armor skin to the "Hynx Skinbox" called: "Heavy Armor Hynx v2".
Added a new Custom Guerilla skin to the "Hynx Skinbox" called: "Custom Guerilla Hynx v2".
Added a new Moto Helmet skin to the "Hynx Skinbox" called: "Moto Helmet Hynx v2".
Added a new B92 skin to the new "Revolution Skinbox" called: "B92 Aquaris".
Added a new Bat skin to the new "Revolution Skinbox" called: "Bat Reaver".
Added a new Frying Pan skin to the new "Revolution Skinbox" called: "Frying Pan Ravanger".
Added a new IBA Sand skin to the new "Revolution Skinbox" called: "IBA Insanity".
Added a new M4 Semi skin to the new "Revolution Skinbox" called: "M4 Semi Knightfall".
Added a new M16 skin to the new "Revolution Skinbox" called: "M16 Equalizer".
Added a new M107 skin to the new "Revolution Skinbox" called: "M107 Valkyrie".
Added a new Medium Backpack skin to the new "Revolution Skinbox" called: "Medium Backpack Delirium".
Added a new MP5 skin to the new "Revolution Skinbox" called: "MP5 Soulburn".
Added a new Heavy Armor skin to the new "Revolution Skinbox" called: "Heavy Armor Serenity".
Added a new K. Style Helmet skin to the new "Revolution Skinbox" called: "K. Style Serenity".
Added a new PKM skin to the new "Revolution Skinbox" called: "PKM Fury".
Added a new Karambit skin to the new "Revolution Skinbox" called: "Karambit Deathraze".
Added a new SVD skin to the new "Revolution Skinbox" called: "SVD Daywalker".
Added a new M4A1 skin to the new "Revolution Skinbox" called: "M4A1 Peacemaker".
Added a new IMI TAR skin to the "Elite Skinbox" called: "IMI TAR Elite".
Fixed the details of the skinned versions of the M4A1.
Fixed some "Fun Edition" skin names and descriptions.
The OTs-03 SVU "Fun Edition" now has a skinned PSO scope attached by default. (Fun Edition PSO Scope)
The Fredaikis's Hat is now a skin. Everyone who had the actual hat as an item will still have it + those people who had at least one of the hat's in their global inventory will automatically already have this skin learned. The hat is a skin for the K. Style Helmet.
With the new "Revolution Skinbox" coming out we are permanently saying goodbye to the "Epic Skinbox". This means the Epic Skinbox is no longer available in the in-game marketplace and won't ever come back. Chances in the "Epic Skinbox" will stay the same as how they are right now and all skins inside the "Epic Skinbox" will stay inside. The following skins from the "Epic Skinbox" will also be available in the "Revolution Skinbox":
Small Invisible Backpack.
Military Backpack Invisible.
Alice Backpack Invisible.
Item Updates:
Added a new weapon (for testing still) called: "MP5 SD". Again we are still testing this weapon and it will not be released / available directly after the patch however keep an eye out on our social media channels in case we decide to release it!
Added a new clan Riot Shield: "Riot Shield NSDZ".
Added a new clan Riot Shield: "Riot Shield RR".
Added a new clan Riot Shield: "Riot Shield TLKC".
Added a new clan Riot Shield: "Riot Shield 4RCD".
Added a new clan Riot Shield: "Riot Shield GCR".
Added a new clan Riot Shield: "Riot Shield Saviors".
Added back clan Riot Shield: "Riot Shield 187K".
Added a new media Riot Shield: "Riot Shield Wilson1879".
Added a new media Riot Shield: "Riot Shield Pajo".
Added a new skinned PSO-1 scope called: "Fun Edition PSO Scope".
Fixed the "Kruger Rifle Survival" animation problems.
Fixed the descriptions of "IBA" armors. (Was saying wrong protection %)
Fixed the small backpack item names. All the item names should be equally formatted now.
Fixed the Military backpack item names. All the item names should be equally formatted now.
Updated the item description of the "P226 Clip". Description was saying 9 bullets instead of 15.
Updated the item descriptions of all the "IBA Sand's". Description was saying the wrong amount of protection.
Updated the item names of the "FN Scar" to "FN Scar CQC".
Updated the item names of the "FN Scar Freedomizer" to "FN Scar CQC USA".
Updated the item names of the "FN Scar Autumn" to "FN Scar CQC Autumn".
Updated the item names of the "FN Scar Banana" to "FN Scar CQC Banana".
Updated the item names of the "FN Scar Ink" to "FN Scar CQC Ink".
Updated the item names of the "FN Scar Iron" to "FN Scar CQC Iron".
Updated the item names of the "FN Scar Melon" to "FN Scar CQC Melon".
Updated the item names of the "FN Scar Smiley" to "FN Scar CQC Smiley".
Updated the item names of the "FN Scar Tiger" to "FN Scar CQC Tiger".
Updated the item names of the "FN Scar Wave" to "FN Scar CQC Wave".
Updated the item names of the "FN Scar Party" to "FN Scar CQC Party".
Updated the item names of the "FN Scar Halloween" to "FN Scar CQC Halloween".
Updated the item names of the "FN Scar Chrome" to "FN Scar CQC Chrome".
Updated the item names of the "FN Scar Christmas" to "FN Scar CQC Christmas".
Updated the item names of the "FN Scar Danger" to "FN Scar CQC Danger".
Updated the item names of the "FN Scar Technology" to "FN Scar CQC Technology".
Updated the item names of the "FN Scar Australia" to "FN Scar CQC Australia".
Updated the item names of the "FN Scar Elite" to "FN Scar CQC Elite".
Updated the item names of the "AK47 Mag" to "AK-47 Mag".
Updated the item names of the "K. Style NVG Fun Edition". (Fixed the names)
Building Updates:
Fixed an issue with the medic building (clinic, used in almost all maps of the game) where the back bottom side of the building had a face missing so players could visually look through and glitch inside.
Fixed an issue with the diner building where some of the inside doors weren't entirely finished off (quality). Players could look through some faces of the door. This is now reworked and fixed.
Des_Bld_Hotel_01 - Fixed a physicx issue related to the windows of this building. Somehow players could shoot from the outside to the inside but not from inside to the outside. This is fixed. Also physicx are updated for the rest of the building so the air conditioning parts now also have physicx. Here's a picture of the building and an example of what's fixed: https://prnt.sc/fg5ezn
bld_shopping_mall_03 - Updated this building. This building is a part of the huge shopping mall in Caliwood. The update we did is we opened up a part in the middle that allows players to walk through to the other side of the building. Here's a better example: http://prntscr.com/g1ewyn
wz_townroad_i - removed the (bad looking) grass from the actual road object model. Example: http://prntscr.com/g2iuqq
2 story police station (v2) - fixed the issue where players could not jump through the windows. Players now can.
Icon Updates:
Reworked all the "Light Gear" armor store icons including the skinned versions.
Reworked all the "Medium Armor" armor store icons including the skinned versions.
Reworked all the "Custom Guerilla" armor store icons including the skinned versions.
Reworked all the "Custom Vest" armor store icons.
Reworked all the "IBA Sand" armor store icons including the skinned versions.
Reworked all the "MTV" armor store icons including the skinned versions.
Reworked all the "Heavy Gear" armor store icons including the skinned versions.
Reworked all the "K. Style" helmet store icons including the skinned versions.
Reworked all the "K. Style NVG" helmet store icons including the skinned versions.
Reworked all the "Moto Helmet" store icons including the skinned versions.
Reworked all the "Small Backpack" store icons including the skinned versions.
Reworked all the "Medium Backpack" store icons including the skinned versions.
Reworked all the "Military Ruck" store icons including the skinned versions.
Reworked all the "Adventure Backpack" store icons including the skinned versions.
Reworked all the "Large Backpack" store icons including the skinned versions.
Reworked all the "Alice Backpack" store icons including the skinned versions.
Reworked all the "Teddy Bear Backpack" store icons including the skinned versions.
Reworked all the skinbox store icons.
For all reworked icons also the recipe store icons have been updated with the new icons.
For more progress about the rework icon project check out this developer blog: http://forums.fredaikis.com/index.php?/topic/87-icon-rework/
Character System Rework:
Like mentioned in earlier developer blogs we have finally reworked the entire character system. There's a lot that happened behind the scenes related to this but to explain you all in the easiest way we will only explain what's changed for you guys. The character system rework contains a new system the way characters and character clothes (customization) works. With this new system all character clothes will transform into actual items (kind of like the way the spawn protection colors work now). New character clothes will be available in the future - those will be sold.
Most important for players to know is that all the character clothes that are in-game right now will all stay free. (New character clothes that will be added in the future will most likely not be free.)
We would like to explain that we haven't reworked the character system because we want to sell the character clothes. The main reason we have reworked the character system of the game is because this allows us to add new characters way easier and work with characters in general easier. On top of that it allows us to start adding a lot of new clothes and other customization's much easier than before. The biggest change is that with this new system when buying a character a player will no longer automatically have all the clothes and parts for that character. Summed up this is a short summary of the change:
A lot happened behind the scenes allowing us to add new characters and clothes much easier than before.
The character customization screen has been changed / updated to adapt to the new character system.
Character clothes and parts are now actual items. Future parts will be available in the in-game marketplace.
The way characters work in our engine has been optimized generally.
Clothes, parts and characters will stay account based meaning that once a character is bought (can only be done once) you can use this character for every game-mode unlimited amount of times. The same goes for the future-added new character clothes and parts: once a character cloth or part is bought you will have it permanently on your account.
WARNING: Everyone's character customization's will be reset after this update! You will still be able to skin your character back to clothes you had, you'll just have to re-do that. Our excuses for this.
Here's some more updates we did related to the characters:
One of the Average Joe character body's textures have been updated due copyright reasons.
Survival Updates: OVERALL:
Zombies & zombie AI has been completely reset to "normal". Zombies no longer behave like the custom system we've made meaning zombies in Survival are now exactly as how they are in open world. Keep in mind that they are still head-shot only to be killed.
Grouping has now been enabled in survival up to 3 players max. Grouping has been disabled since the release of survival and we felt (based on feedback from our community) that grouping was definitively a useful and wanted feature and therefor we've added it back.
MAP:
Added back the tint function to the grass.
Removed the broken ambient sound which was close to camp splinter.
COMING SOON:
CRAFTING! Yes, we hope to finish crafting for survival in the next upcoming patch! Stay tuned for progress.
Thanks everyone for helping us making the new survival game-mode best as possible. We will keep working on the game-mode based on your feedback!
Battle Royale Updates: OVERALL:
Fixed an animation bug in Battle Royale where if players would throw a grenade in warm-up right before the Battle Royale starts, their character animation would glitch upon spawning in Battle Royale. Thanks everyone for pointing out this issue to us.
Disabled the AFK kick on Battle Royale. Players that are AFK will no longer automatically get kicked.
Map Updates: LOUNGE:
Disabled physics of the backpacks due FPS drops. (There's some backpacks placed in the map for show.)
Added back the crashed airplane (and parts) outside of the map in the ocean.
Lowered the volume of the ambient sounds in general. Thanks for letting us know the sounds were too loud!
COLORADO V2:
Removed the old secret spot.
Added a new secret spot. (Good luck finding the new secret spot!)
Copied over the lighting/terrain settings from the Colorado Survival Map. Colorado V2 now has an amazing new look!
Fixed a miss-placed thrash can object in Smallville behind the post office.
Fixed a miss-placed item spawn on top of the medic in Smallville.
Added back the tint settings to the grass. (Same as on the Survival Colorado map.)
Added some collision walls around the "beach house" in Boulder City.
CALIWOOD:
Removed the old secret spot.
Added a new secret spot. (Good luck finding the new secret spot!)
Fixed some misplaced objects for example: walls, which were to high.
COLORADO V1:
Added a new secret spot. (Good luck finding the new secret spot!)
Patch is expected to roll out tomorrow morning: Thursday, August 10, 2017 around 11:00 AM (UTC+2)
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Best Regards,
// Infestation: The New Z - Staff Team

Dear Players,
The long awaited moment is finally there! Survival is ready. After a lot of testing, patching, beta testing we are finally done with the first version of our new game-mode: survival. Are you ready?! First of all we want to thank everyone for participating in the beta testing for survival. You guys saved us a lot of times and came up with a lot of good feedback. We are rewarding everyone who participated in the beta testing period with a special gift. Read more about that below.
Now, before we jump into the patch notes we would like to ask you to read the following:
Twitch.tv / YouTube Event:
To promote the release of the new game-mode: survival we are doing a 2-3 week event where streamers and YouTubers can help us promote the new game-mode and in return get awesome rewards like free GC, Airdrops or even a streamer tag permanently in-game. For more information please go to: http://forums.fredaikis.com/index.php?/topic/594-twitchtv-youtube-event-get-free-gc-more/
Now, let's get into the patch notes:
Overall Updates:
Backpack slots / weight changes done last patch have been reverted. Survival will use different backpack statistics now. Thanks everyone for the feedback we hope everything related to the backpacks / slots / weight is fine again now. Also due this change backpack skins will NOT work on survival permanently.
The ranking system has been added back to open world.
Added new informative loading screens. We will keep doing this more frequently.
Players who played the new game-mode: survival during the beta testing will receive a new custom skin: "Kruger Rifle Survival". Why a kruger rifle? - We wanted a skin for something unique - funny - and a common item in survival. Thanks to everyone who helped us testing in the beta!
Fixed a crash related to equipping a tactical sniper scope to a SVD.
Fixed a bug with operating your Open World Global Inventory.
Fixed some crashes related to some players having huge Global Inventories.
Fixed a bug causing "Disconnected From Server" when using a melee.
Fixed an issue regarding reloading / unloading clip not stacking sometimes.
Fixed a bug that characters couldn't be rotated after creation.
Putting the game on potato quality will now force SSAO and Anti-aliasing off. People weren't aware that these settings affected FPS and performance so much. Now these settings automatically get adjusted in case people forget.
Skin Updates:
Added the P90 Trigon Wave to the Normal Skinbox.
Added the Blaser Army Black to the Premium Skinbox.
Added the Blaser Hollandia to the World Skinbox.
Added a new skin: "Kruger Rifle Survival". This skin is ONLY given to ALL players that played the survival beta.
Fixed the Blaser Army Black recipe icon.
Item Updates:
Fixed the Riot Shield P4sC4L store icon. This Riot Shield will be added back to the in-game marketplace after this patch.
Fixed the Riot Shield China description.
Fixed the M9 Helmet Black Goggles item name.
Fixed the Uncle Sam's Hat Red protection.
Building Updates:
Fixed a problem with some buildings where a fence wasn't visible from two sides. http://prntscr.com/fordbs
New Leaderboards:
With survival being released this patch we have finally reworked the leaderboards in the main menu. There's now independent leaderboards for each game-mode meaning survival will have it's own unique leaderboard. This also means that for the new game-mode, everyone will start from an entirely wiped / clear leaderboard. Isn't that awesome? Battle Royale leaderboard for now, only contains wins.
Survival Updates:
We're finally here. The release of our third game-mode: survival. This is a moment a big part of our community has been waiting for since the Steam release. We've seen so much hype, demand, questions, and discussions about this new game-mode. We are very excited to finally be able to release survival and even play it ourselves! For survival we have independent patch notes since this is an independent game-mode:
RELEASE NOTES:
On the official release of survival we will have 10 official servers in each region. For the beta release 10 servers were too much but now with the official release, since premium and normal players can play now, we expect way more people to come. In case servers start to become too full we can always restart and add more.
Favorites and Recent added to survival. Players can now use these two buttons for the new game-mode properly.
EVERYONE's statistics including player's global inventories WILL BE WIPED (ONLY SURVIVAL GLOBAL INVENTORIES) for the official release. On the official release (after this patch) everyone will start from 0. There will NEVER be a wipe again after this moment.
MAP:
Fixed the streets in Frosty Pines and Greenwood Springs, they had grass on it with broken physics.
Fixed the re-spawn timer of the super zombie in camp splinter. Super zombies should never spawn back instantly.
Fixed the global ambient sounds. Re-added the 'old WarZ' ambient sounds back. These should work properly now.
Fixed the re-spawn timer of zombies and super zombies. This is done on multiple locations around the whole map.
Fixed the loot tables of super zombies. Also updated the loot for them. (Check 'Loot' section of these notes)
Fixed a shadow problem when having NVG's turned on. (Check 'Game Play' section of these notes)
Fixed some flying objects around Greenwood Springs.
Fixed the loot in Sleepy Crest. Also fixed the missing zombies problem here.
Fixed the missing zombies problem at Delta Peak Ranger Station.
Added back the small military camp on top of the middle bridge in Campos City. (Community was requesting this since the old Colorado V2 from Infestation had this place too.)
Removed the radioactive zones for now. (They will come back later when they are entirely finished - should be soon).
GAME PLAY:
Fixed the small circle shadow if you have night vision on.
Backpacks are now different in survival than in open world. Backpacks for survival stay the same, open world have been reverted.
As already mentioned earlier, backpack skins will not work in survival.
Zombies are nerfed / fixed. Our goal from the start was to make zombies more 'a thing' in survival. By making them harder to fight, they also became more buggy / glitched. We have been aware of this from the beginning. We have now done necessary changes and the zombies should work properly now.
Synced the Zombie animations with the damage in Survival. This was a big part of the reported problems. Zombies before were hitting you but you weren't taking damage or zombies were not hitting you and you would take damage. Now zombies only damage you when you actually see them hitting you.
Fixed a problem where players could not switch backpack.
Fixed the bleeding icon. (icon was showing up as "bleeding" even though the player was not bleeding)
Fixed a bug that could cause open world items to end up in survival.
Heartbeat sound (when being low HP) is now lowered. (less loud)
LOOT:
Increased painkiller and bandage spawns.
Increased amount of items in the civilian loot group. A more variate amount of items should spawn now.
Increased the chances of shovels in the civilian loot group.
Added normal bandages to the zombie loot. Players can now get bandages from normal zombies.
Added more weapons to the random airdrop loot.
Added the civilian NVG to the civilian loot table.
Lowered the chances of empty spawns of Super Zombies. Super zombies should drop better gear now.
Lowered the chances of silencers.
Lowered the chances of custom guerilla.
Lowered the chances of attachments.
Lowered the chances of alice backpacks.
Lowered the chances of m9 NVG's.
Removed the desert eagle spawns from item boxes.
Removed the excessive force (melee) from spawning. This item will still be available later when crafting is enabled.
Map Updates:
OVERALL:
Lowered the terrain quality for "Potato" and "Low". This is also done to increase FPS and performance.
Optimized the shadow quality overall on each map. This is also done to increase FPS and performance.
SAN PAVEL:
Lowered the overall contrast. (vision) The map should overall be less bright now.
CALIWOOD:
Higher-ed the amount of zombies around the beach area's.
Patch will roll out ANY TIME after these patch notes get published.
Best Regards,
// Infestation: The New Z - Staff Team

Dear Players,
We are quickly rolling out a hotfix based on feedback of the patch that we released yesterday. There has been some smaller issues so we are hot-fixing quick to fix those. Here's the notes:
Overall Updates:
Fixed missing physicx of some buildings in all maps. (Mainly what this hotfix is for)
Improved FastLoad to work better with the bus system/vehicles/gamemode teleports/warmup revive.
Improved the bus / transport system animations.
Updated overall lighting settings. Light sabers should look better now. http://prntscr.com/fdsyi3
Item Updates:
Reverted back some sniper ammo names due community feedback. Sniper ammo now has the "0.50" or ".308" etc. back.
Reverted back the magazine / clip changes due community feedback. We have re-done item names. Our exc
Fixed a texture problem of the K. Style NVG Fairy Tale.
Building Updates:
town_diner_01 - The diner / restaurant building. - Reworked the back room, added 2 back doors and added another room in the back of the building.
town_postoffice_01 - The post office. - Opened up the closed off room and added a back door entrance at the back of the building.
town_firestation_01 - The fire station. - Opened up two rooms in the back part of the building. Added multiple doors, and added more entrances to the building.
bld_house_2_story_04 - A Caliwood Villa. - Fixed the issue where players could get stuck while running up the stairs.
des_bld_shop_03 - The 3 Story building. - Opened up another room on the top floor and fixed some wall glitches.
LA_platform_pier_side_01 - A part of the pier. - Opened up a part of the fence to connect the staircase. Improved the model.
town_clinic_01 - The Medic. - Opened up the two more rooms, added a back door entrance, added windows in the back door & added more doors.
Caliwood Updates:
Added some stairs around the beach to get better up the hill.
Added stairs at the pier as second way up.
The hotfix can roll out any time from now. Only a simple server restart will be needed.
Best Regards,
// Infestation: The New Z - Staff Team

Dear Players,
It's time again for a brand new game update with some fixes, and some very cool brand new content. We are excited to release this patch since it contains a lot of fixes related to the performance of the game. Fast-Load has been entirely reworked and improved and we are finally removing overgrowth from the buildings. We are excited to see how big of a difference this patch is going to make due performance of people. Let us know if your game runs smoother and better after this patch!
Exact patch times are listed at the end of these patch notes. Now, let's jump into the patch notes!
Overall Updates:
Added the new bus / transport system. You can read more about this further in the patch notes.
Added a legend to the minimap screen that shows all the icons of the map and what they mean.
Updated the Spanish translation for the game. Improved some translations.
Updated the Italian translation for the game. Improved some translations.
Updated the in-game moderator tag. Changed the color to orange.
Updated the in-game menu background.
All the PVP Servers now have DAY ONLY. Day / Night cycle in PVP maps has been removed entirely.
Solo servers have now been disabled since players never really played on these servers and only farmed here.
Fixed a general problem which was causing some missing meshes/objects. (meshproperties)
Fixed and improved the in-game friend system. The system is enabled now again and working better and smoother.
Fixed the "reconnecting" system. Improved and tweaked the system more and fixed some problems related to ping issues.
Fixed various UI bugs. Fixed several client crashes and fixed a but where icons on the minimap wouldn't get removed when they should.
Fixed a bug in the main menu when changing primary weapon it would not show on your character. Now, it will update properly.
Fixed a major bug related to 'spaghetti' weapons. Weapons would sometimes glitch when being unequipped on the back of a character.
Item Updates:
Added a new media riot shield: Riot Shield SgtNgo.
Added a new media riot shield: Riot Shield Capixaba.
Fixed the M4A1 Camo skin missing store icon.
Fixed the Riot Shield Singapore texutre issues. Removed glow from the shield.
Fixed the Riot Shield E-Unit item name.
Fixed a problem related to the Psycho Riot Shield. The shield should work properly now.
Fixed the name of the "Mosin Black Night". Removed the "." from the name.
Skin Updates:
Added new Modern Black skins (7). These will be released / reviewed later.
Updated the M4A1 Camo recipe store icon. You can now see the gun better on the icon.
Updated the K. Style NVG Neon Dragon textures due community feedback. The skin should look better overall now.
The new bus stop system:
After a lot of community complaints about the current car system in the game we think we finally have a proper side solution for the issues related to the car system. Cars have always been unstable causing people to crash / lose their cars and were never a good feature from the beginning.
Unfortunately we can not simply remove cars entirely from the game since cars are actually very useful for players to go from location to location. We have looked at this and came to realize that the only main reason cars are used is for players to go from location A to location B.
Now, we have came up with another idea: A bus system. This system will basicly allow players to fast travel through the maps for GD (Game Dollars). This system will be more efficient and faster than using cars and it will also be way cheaper. Here's how the system will work:
Travelling through the map can only be done through marked bus stops. Players have to go here to be able to travel to a different location on the map.
The bus stop travel system is available on Colorado V2, Colorado V1 & Caliwood.
For travelling through the map GD will be charged from the player's account. Prices will be based on distance but will be relatively cheap.
Deluxe account subscriptions can travel for 50% of the GD price, extreme subscriptions can travel entirely free.
You can kind of see this feature as a side solution for the car system. However, since the new bus stop system will be much more efficient and cheap we hope players will stop using cars and use the bus stop system.
Here's a video about the new bus system:
The Fast-Load Rework:
Fast-Load has been reworked and optimized in this patch. Fast-load loads models around you in a "smoother way". They load slower to prevent the game from freezing. So instead of freezing for 1-2 seconds many times while entering a big city, you will get slighly lower fps for maybe 5 seconds. So a little lag instead of freezing while loading? not bad huh?
Added a UI indicator so you know if fast-load is loading buildings or not.
Perfomance / Model Updates:
Based on huge demand from our community we have finnally removed all the overgrowth from all the buildings in-game. Overgrowth (the moss added to current buildings in the game) causes models to have extremely high file size.
By removing the overgrowth from the buildings in game we are doing a massive performance update. Loading times will be massively faster, better FPS in-game and less crashes. We know by removing overgrowth the look of the game in general gets affected,
but after receiving so much feedback and demand from our community we have decided to remove it. Overgrowth will not for ever be gone but for now it will be gone, just to optimize the game by a lot.
By removing overgrowth from buildings we also got to fix a lot of issues related to some buildings. We can't really explain which building is which so just to list down we will be using the original file names of the buildings:
WZ_CityBuildings:
Removed all overgrowth from all buildings.
city_building_05_v2 - Fixed the windows of the building, players can no longer jump through windows anymore from ANY side. (Before players could jump through windows but only from one side.)
Also fixed a window part where there was no actual room connected to these windows. (You could see inside the building.) Check the picture how we fixed it: http://prntscr.com/fbpypd
bld_apartment_set_01 - Removed the physicx from the stairs on the side of the building so players can't access the rooftop anymore.
bld_apartment_set_04 - Removed the physicx from the stairs on the side of the building so players can't access the rooftop anymore.
bld_apartment_set_05 - Removed the physicx from the stairs on the side of the building so players can't access the rooftop anymore.
bld_apartment_set_07 - Removed the physicx from the stairs on the side of the building so players can't access the rooftop anymore.
bld_apartment_4_story_01 - Removed the physicx from the stairs on the side of the building so players can't access the rooftop anymore. Fixed FPS drop issues related to the graffiti
bld_warehouse_xl_01 - Removed the physicx of some details so players can't access the rooftop anymore.
bld_warehouse_garage_l_01 - Removed the physicx of some details so players can't access the rooftop anymore.
bld_warehouse_shop_m_01 - Removed the physicx of some details so players can't access the rooftop anymore.
bld_warehouse_s_01 - Removed the physicx of some details so players can't access the rooftop anymore.
bld_warehouse_l_01 - Removed the physicx of some details so players can't access the rooftop anymore.
WZ_TownBuildings:
Removed all overgrowth from all buildings.
town_clinic_01 - Back room is now open. This room has always been closed but has now been opened.
town_autogarage_02 - Opened an extra room and added a connecting door connecting the two parts of the building. http://prntscr.com/fc9jnh
town_diner_02_Open - Has been closed again due major perfomance issues. We will rework this building later again and open it up again.
WZ_Settlement:
Removed all overgrowth from all buildings.
WZ_CityStreets:
Removed all overgrowth from all buildings.
WZ_CaliProps:
props_busstop_01 - Fixed the issue where players could jump through the iron bars from one side but not from the other. Players can't jump through that anymore.
WZ_CaliBuildings:
bld_store_liquor_01 - Opened the back / side room of this building. Added a back entrance and opened some windows. http://prntscr.com/fcr6t7
bld_shopping_mall_05 - Opened up the entire building, added three doors where players can enter the building.
For more and latest information about the rework of buildings and development related to that we recommend you to check out this forum post (daily updated): http://forum.playnewz.com/index.php?/topic/61172-svens-building-rework-project-opening-fixing-buildings/
Item Name Changes:
Based on feedback from newer players and to make the game generally easier to understand we have decided to do some name changes to certain items.
The "G36 40 Ammo" is now called: "G36-40".
The "G36 60 Ammo" is now called: "G36-60".
The "G36 Ammo" is now called: "G36-30".
The "1911 Mag" is now called: "1911 Clip".
The "Kruger .22 Rifle" is now called: "Kruger Rifle".
The "Kruger Mini-14" is now called: "Kruger Mini".
The "Kruger Mini-14 Clip" is now called: "Kruger Mini Clip".
The "Medium Kruger Magazine" is now called: "Kruger Rifle 20".
The "Large Kruger Magazine" is now called: "Kruger Rifle 30".
The "Kruger .22 Magazine" is now called: "Kruger .22 Clip".
The "STI Eagle Elite" is now called: "STI".
The "STI Eagle Elite Ammo" is now called: "STI Clip".
The "7.62 AKM/AK47 magazine" is now called: "AK47 Clip".
The "5.45 AK Drum" is now called: "AK Drum".
The "5.45 AK Drum Elite" is now called: "AK Drum Elite".
The "5.45 AK 30" is now called: "AK-30".
The "5.45 AK 45" is now called: "AK-45".
The "Stanag 30" is now called: "Stanag-30".
The "Stanag 45" is now called: "Stanag-45".
The "Stanag 60" is now called: "Stanag-60".
Battle Royale Updates:
Tropico Updates:
Fixed the minimap issue. Updated the minimap to the right one again.
Arena Updates:
Fixed a problem with some material files of buildings where player crashed alot.
Fixed a texture problems of some trees, which was causing player to freeze/crash.
Removed objects to fix the error "overflow" (means you loaded to many objects on the same time).
Fixed some loot points, because of the flying loot error.
Removed some objects which were moving but they shouldn't (static objects).
Colorado V2 Updates:
Removed the old 'secret spot' and added a new one.
Added some jump-ups at the "69" and the garage bulding (where the moss was before).
Caliwood Updates:
Placed some more cars on the streets to protect player more.
Placed the old green-yellow building back to the main pvp areas.
Fixed a ambient sound in the park which didn't made any sense.
SpringValley Updates:
Removed the 2 hotels due comminuty feedback.
Placed some new buildings where the hotels were. (feedback)
Rocky Ford Updates:
Placed some new vehicles in the map.
Lounge Updates:
Placed some of the new vehicles.
Patch is expected to roll out tomorrow morning. Exact date: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 - 11:00 (UTC+2)
Best Regards,
// Infestation: The New Z - Staff Team

Dear Players,
As promised in yesterday's announcement about the new Hong Kong servers we are rolling out a patch to add the new servers to the game and do some updates & fixes. For everyone that hasn't read the announcement about the new Hong Kong servers yet, please go here:
http://steamcommunity.com/games/555570/announcements/detail/1272676270709475599
To celebrate the release of the new Hong Kong servers we are rewarding all the players in the following way:
We have upgraded player's current active subscription with an extra week.
(premium, deluxe & extreme)
Every player that did not have an account subscription activated now has a week free premium. (This only apply to people who did not have any account subscription)
Everyone who registers a new account through the website will get 7 days free premium this week only.
Basically, everyone will have a free account subscription for a week! Enjoy! Now, let's jump into the patch notes.
Overall Updates:
Added Hong Kong servers. Servers are now available and running. Private servers are not available in Hong Kong. (yet)
Added veteran badges to the game. Everybody who has played for more than one year will now automatically get the eteran badge the next time they log in to the game.
The Bada Boom (explosive) is now spawning again.
Updated the italian language pack. (Fixed some spelling mistakes etc.)
Updated the in-game menu background to a new one again.
Updated the visual breath sniper indicator. The styling has improved and the bar looks much better now.
Updated the alien super zombie loot. Doubled the chances of snipers dropping from the alien super zombie.
Fixed an issue related to some custom guerilla's changing into heavy armors randomly. Thanks for the reports.
Fixed some models (buildings) that recently got added to the game. (Some are used in the new Batte Royale lobby.)
Fixed the airport tower model where players could only do damage through some windows from one side only.
Fixed some other models (buildings) in the game that did not have the right materials assigned.
Fixed some visual bugs related to the loadouts and backpacks.
Fixed major issues related to the "reconnecting" screen. Improved the system aswell.
Item Updates:
Added a new country riot shield: Riot Shield Hong Kong.
Added a new moderator riot shield: Riot Shield Havi.
Added a new media riot shield: Riot Shield Zaihawk.
Added a new media riot shield: Riot Shield Marcelek.
Fixed the recipe names of the Heavy Armor's now too. All of those armors should be called "Heavy Armor" now.
Fixed the texture issues of the Riot Shield Svena69.
Fixed the texture issues of the Riot Shield MMFK.
Fixed the texture issues of the Bada Boom.
Fixed the name of the "Mosin Gladiator". Removed the "." from the name.
Updated the texture of the shotgun shell ammo to red instead of grey and fixed the store icons.
Updated the name of the "UZI" to "Mini UZI" since this name makes more sense due the UZI in game is actually a minified version of the UZI weapon.
Updated the "9x19 Para Mag" bullet capacity from 9 to 15 bullets. One magazine can now have 15 bullets instead of 9.
Updated the TEC 9 statistics. Increased the recoil and finally fixed the sound glitch. (No distance.)
Updated the STI Eagle Elite statistics. Decreased the spread and updated the name to "STI Eagle Elite".
Updated the Jericho 9mm statistics. Decreased the spread.
Updated the 1911 statistics. Decreased the spread and decreased the reload time.
Updated the RA H23. The light machine gun is now called: "MG36", and can now only take G36 C-Mags instead of Stanag C-Mags.
Updated the fire axe statistics. Increased the damage.
Item Name Changes:
Based on feedback from newer players and to make the game generally easier to understand we have decided to do some name changes to certain items.
The "Standard Mosin Magazine" is now called: "Mosin Clip".
The ".22 Caliber Clip" is now called: "Kruger .22 Magazine".
The "Medium Kruger Rifle Clip" is now called: "Medium Kruger Magazine".
The "Large Kruger Rifle Clip" is now called: "Large Kruger Magazine".
The ".40 Caliber 1911 Mag" is now called: "1911 Mag".
The "FN Five Seven" is now called: "FN57".
The "Standard Kruger .22 Rifle Clip" is now called: "Kruger Rifle Clip".
The ".45 ACP STI Eagle Elite ammo" is now called: "STI Eagle Elite Ammo".
The "Saiga 10 ammo" is now called: "Saiga Clip".
The ".308 Winchester Ammo" is now called: "Winchester Clip".
The "SVD 10 Ammo" is now called: "SVD Clip".
The "SVD 20 Ammo" is now called: "SVD 20 Clip".
The "Bizon 64 ammo" is now called: "Bizon Clip".
The "P90 50 rounds" is now called: "P90 Clip".
The ".338 Magnum Ammo" is now called: "AWM Clip".
The "CZ Scorpion EVO-3 ammo" is now called: "Evo-3 Clip".
The "Desert Eagle ammo" is now called: "Desert Eagle Clip".
The "AWP Mag" is now called: "AWP Clip".
The "DMR Ammo" is now called: "DMR Clip".
The "FN57 10 Ammo" is now called: "FN57 Clip".
The "FN57 20 Ammo" is now called: "FN57 20 Clip".
The ".50 BMG 10" is now called: "BMG 10 Clip".
The ".50 BMG" is now called: "BMG Clip".
The "SMG-20 Ammo" is now called: "SMG-20".
The "SMG-40 Ammo" is now called: "SMG-40".
The "MP5/10" is now called: "MP5".
The "MP5 10mm Mag" is now called: "MP5 Clip".
The "9mm Mag" is now called: "9MM Clip".
The "Sig Sauer P226" is now called: "P226".
The "9x19 Para Mag" is now called: "P226 Clip".
The "AW Magnum" is now called: "AWM".
The "Alice Rucksack" is now called: "Alice Backpack".
The "Military Ruck" is now called: "Military Backpack".
Skin Updates:
Fixed the store icon issues of the QBZ Tech recipe icon.
Fixed the textures of the Moto Helmet Alien. The helmet looks less "grey" now.
Colorado V2 Updates:
Re-added rocks around Boulder City.
Fixed a building in Boulder City, where player could get shoted behind a wall.
Fixed the metal fenses around Emerald Peak Retreat.
Fixed a superzombie spawn in boulder city, he spawned directly at a playerspawn all the time.
Fixed the detection radius of a superzombie in boulder.
Colorado V1 Updates:
Fixed loot spawns at Ridgeway Airport.
Fixed tons of misplaced objects at Ridgeway Airport.
Fixed floating objects at Hidden Forest Ranch.
Fixed and added some loot to Boulder City.
Fixed overal terrain issues.
Fixed a collision wall where you could walk outside of the map.
Rocky Ford Updates:
Fixed collision walls around the map. Updated them so that players can no longer glitch outside of the map.
Lounge Updates:
Fixed and updated the lighting in the map. Skins should look better / fixed now.
Caliwood Updates:
Fixed floating objects at Convention Center.
Fixed floating objects at Police Station.
Fixed floating objects at Aeroorome Militairy Airport.
Fixed floating objects and terrain issues at Football Stadium.
Fixed objects around Parking lot.
Fixed Militairy Area near the beach.
Fixed rocks near the beach.
Fixed misplaced objects and improved loot at top left of the map.
Fixed collision walls at Convention Center where players could bump into it.
Added loot to Civilian Vehicles.
Added missing buildings.
Added Food to every Fast Food and Liqour store building.
Added tons of new Ambience Sounds across the entire map.
A new Secret Spot has been added to Caliwood.
Battle Royale Updates:
General:
Added a visual indicator (dome / ball) around the safezone. Players can now visually see where the border of the safezone is. When being outside of the safezone the dome will turn blue.
When being inside of the safezone the dome / border will only display when you get close to the border.
Fixed a bug where every time the first safezone spawns players would be for one second in the radiation.
Tropico:
Added more lootable area's around the spawn (start of the Battle Royale) so that players don't have to walk that long to get loot fast.
Servers will be down for around 30 minutes max. due the testing of the new Hong Kong servers. We will live update you all through our Twitter with the status of the patch: https://twitter.com/infestationnewz
Servers are going down any time from now.
Best Regards,
// Infestation: The New Z - Staff Team

Dear Players,
(Original post: http://steamcommunity.com/games/555570/announcements/detail/2775752112650853912)
We are rolling out a quick hotfix to fix some major issues related to last patch and release some improvements based on feedback from our players.
Overall Updates:
Fixed the missing texture issues of one of the Average Joe body's.
Patched Laggswitch. After receiving a lot of complaints from our community we have looked into the Laggswitch problem and developed a system to prevent people using this.
For players wondering what Laggswitch is, Laggswitch is basically a program where players would cut out their internet connection for a few seconds so that they can instantly kill other players or teleport or more.
Players abusing this have been a major problem in the game and therefor we are really happy we have now developed a system that prevents players from being able to do this.
Players using Laggswitch had an advantage over the 'legit' players and that should have never been like that. Now having a bad connection or interrupting your connection is a disadvantage for yourself and will only affect you.
Updated the italian language pack. (Fixed some spelling mistakes etc.)
Item Updates:
Added a new Country Riot Shield: Riot Shield Singapore.
Attachments are now disabled on the skinned versions of AK47 too. (We forgot to do this earlier)
Fixed the missing texture issues of the pineapple model.
Fixed the missing texture issues of the bada boom model.
Fixed the missing store icon issue of the Riot Shield NP2.
Fixed the missing SVD reload sound.
Renamed the "Light Sword Rainbow" to "Pride Sword".
Renamed all the "Heavy Gear" armors to "Heavy Armor". The names of these armors were kind of messed up as some were called "Heavy" and some were called "Gear".
Colorado V2 Updates:
Fixed the outdated minimap problem. The minimap is now updated again.
Battle Royale Updates:
Overall:
Added a visual indicator on the minimap showing where the next safe zone is going to be. (Players have been requesting this)
Here's a preview:
Players now have 5 minutes of play time until the first radiation is released instead of 3 minutes.
Fixed an issue related to the Battle Royale safezone detection. Safe zones adapt better now avoiding players to randomly all of a sudden be too far away from the safe zone in the beginning.
Tropico:
Added the missing painkiller med spawns to the medical loot table.
Fixed player spawns in the lobby where players would spawn on top of trees.
Fixed the train rails models. (Train rails didn't have physics.)
Increased attachment spawns due too less attachments spawning in general.
Increased loot in the spawn area. (Middle military crate area)
Reduced medical spawns a tiny bit since there was a little bit too many medical item spawns.
Reduced armor spawns a tiny bit since there was a little bit too many of these either.
Zombies no longer drop shields. Zombie loot tables have been adjusted.
Removed antenna models from the entire map due texture problems.
Arena:
Fixed an issue causing players not being able to receive group invites. Now players can group normally on this map.
We will keep working hard on improving the game / fixing crashes, developing the new game modes and keep adding new content to the game. We will do our best to keep releasing patches and hotfixes more frequently so that you guys have the best possible experience with the game.
The hotfix will roll out any time from now. Server downtime will be very short.
Best Regards,
// Infestation: The New Z - Staff Team

Dear Players,
(Original announcement: http://steamcommunity.com/games/555570/announcements/detail/1308704057373380562 )
Faster than expected we are rolling out another patch! We have worked very hard the past week to roll out this patch as soon as possible and we're very excited to share the new features and the new Battle Royale map with you all! For more information about the patch status please scroll down to the end of these patch notes. Let's get into it!
Overall Updates:
Fixed a texture issue / glitch related to one of the body's of the average joe character.
Fixed a crash related to some components materials missing causing clients to crash.
Fixed a crash related to "000096.746| GFx Error: Loader failed to open 'Data\Menu\$Data/Weapons/CraftingResources/Craft_Oil_01.dds'".
Fixed the Xsolla promotion loading screen spelling mistakes for the Thai text part.
Fixed a bug related to changing backpacks. (Sometimes the client could crash when this happened)
Fixed a bug related to some car spawners having 0% durability. This is now fixed.
The game is now also available in Italian language. Thanks to Robex for translating!
Loadouts now also save the backpack. When loading a loadout it will also equip the backpack saved in that loadout automatically. (There is still a visual bug when doing this, we will fix this ASAP)
Deluxe and Extreme account subscriptions now have auto revive when opening your inventory.
All skinboxes are now always displayed in the in-game marketplace even if they're not available so that players can click on them and see their content.
Event servers now display at the pvp server selection screen. Added a new map called "Event".
Car lights are now toggable. Players can turn the lghts on or off by using the same key thats used for the flashlight.
When aiming down with a sniper and holding breath there is now a breath indicator that indicates the players breath.
Improved the new killfeed style. Should be generally more visible and clear now.
Improved the trade window in-game. Players can now trade items up to 36 slots instead of 16.
Updated the in-game menu background. We will keep changing the backgrounds every patch from now.
Added a sound when players receive a group invite. Just so players have an extra notification when receiving a group invite.
Added a claxon sound to the vehicles. Players can use the claxon by being in a vehicle and clicking.
Item Updates:
Added a new country Riot Shield: Riot Shield Cambodia. This new riot shield will be available in the in-game marketplace.
Added a new media Riot Shield: Riot Shield Razziel. This new riot shield will be available in the in-game marketplace.
Fixed / Updated the missing textures and store icon of Worrun's Broom. (Melee)
Fixed the missing store icon problem of the riot shield chupacabra.
Fixed the missing store icon problem of the riot shield NP2.
Fixed the missing store icon problem of the riot shield MMFK.
Fixed the missing crate models of the riot shield MMFK.
Fixed the missing textures for the pine apple model. (food)
Fixed the missing textures for the bada boom model. (explosive)
Fixed a problem related to the kruger pistol that would have a silencer attached. This no longer happens.
Fixed a problem related to the Crossbow models. The TPS versions of the models was glitched for all versions.
Skin Updates:
Fixed / Reworked the Elite Skinbox store icon. (Look overall way cooler and has a better quality now)
Fixed / Updated the scope of the AWP Red Strike. The weapon now uses the right scope.
Fixed / Updated the store icon of the AWP Red Strike.
Fixed / Updated the textures of the FN Scar Elite.
Fixed / Updated the textures of the NVG Red Strike. (The white colors are more solid white now)
Fixed / Updated the description of the Heavy Armor Fairy Tale.
Fixed issues related to the Heavy Armor Fairy Tale. When unskinning / skinning this skin now it will be a heavy armor instead of a custom guerilla.
Battle Royale Updates:
Great news! The new Battle Royale map is finally finished! We are very happy and excited to finally be able to release this second Battle Royale map. As some of you might already know is that this new Battle Royale map is a little bit different than the old Battle Royale map.
We will go through all the changes and explain everything as clear as possible for you guys.
Overall:
The new Battle Royale map is a SECOND Battle Royale map meaning that players can now choose what map to play. The new Battle Royale map IS NOT a replacement.
The new Battle Royale map is called "Tropico" and the old Battle Royale map is now called "Arena".
Added so that when players select the Battle Royale game mode they can choose what map they want to play.
Topico Updates & Explanation (The new map):
Tropico is a SOLO ONLY Battle Royale map meaning grouping / name tags / clan tags are disabled. Please keep in mind that anyone we see grouping will be punished.
This new Battle Royale map has a warm-up lobby too, just like the old Battle Royale map.
On the new Battle Royale map player spawns work different: Instead of everyone spawning randomly in the world (like on the old map) everyone spawns in the centre of the map. All players will spawn in a big circle with in the middle a military place with a lot of good loot.
Players will be able to join the action instantly by running to the middle or run away into the world and play more 'safe'. We are very excited to see how players are going to play this new kind of Battle Royale.
WARNING: Please keep in mind that this is the first release of the map. Expect bugs / glitches, we will do our best to fix those instantly.
We will also keep updating the map based on the feedback from our players. Changes will most likely happen.
Arena Updates (The old map):
Arena now has a grouping system again. In this Battle Royale players can play duo.
Colorado V2 Updates:
Fixed physics of some opened buildings at Tyler Ranch.
Fixed a glitched ambient sound at Lonetree Farm.
Removed / Fixed some flying rocks and objects.
Servers will go down very soon for expected 1-2 hours max. The reason for this longer downtime is because of some server maintenance we need to do. We will do everything we can to bring the servers back up as soon as possible. For live updates we recommend you to follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/infestationnewz
Best Regards,
// Infestation: The New Z - Staff Team

Dear Players,
We are rolling out a hot-fix tomorrow morning to fix some minor issues related to the patch that we released some time ago. This hot-fix contains a lot of client sided fixes (check notes) and also contains a lot of server improvements and crash fixes. We have worked hard to release this hot-fix as soon as possible so that your game experience becomes better with less crashing and better performance.
Please read the end of these hot-fix notes about exact date and time this hot-fix will be released.
Overall Updates:
Fixed some loading screens that had wrong links.
Fixed skydomes on all maps related to the sun not moving. This is now fixed.
Fixed many UI visual bugs related to the Battle Royale Character.
Fixed some text allignment problems in the trading window.
Added a visual indicator to the in-game trade window when the player changes the amount of the traded money.
You can no longer change your backpack if your weight or slots will cause items to drop.
Improved the look of the in-game killfeed. Players can now visually see with what weapon players kill each other.
Removed the normal skinbox from the daily rewards.
Removed the double xp from beginner servers. (This was only for the "steam release" and next to that it was causing too much confusion for players combined with premium accounts)
Some of the bigger PVP maps now have a clan limit of 10 instead of 5.
Players can now only purchase GC with exact numbers. (So now players buying GC through Steam can only buy GC for 1, 2, 4, 10$ etc.. No longer: 1.10$ for example)
Updated / Improved Alien Super Zombie loot. The Alien Super Zombie now spawns more variated items including GD skinboxes.
Item Updates:
Fixed a texture issue related to the Light Gear Basic. The armor didn't have a texture before. This is now fixed.
Fixed item names of the "GI-Access Lockers". Access was spelled wrong.
Fixed the issues related to the Riot Shield Riot Shield official_alec12.
Updated the M4 Semi spread. Fixed some issues related to skinned versions of the gun.
Updated the P90 / P90S Decay. Lowered the decay since those guns were a little overpowered on longer range.
Updated the textures and store icon of the Riot Shield Faroe Island.
Updated the description of the Heavy Barrel attachment and improved the attachment overall.
Language Pack Updates:
Fixed multiple wrong translations in the Russian Language Pack.
Fixed the description of the Minicabra's in the German Language Pack.
Fixed some translations related to "ammo". This is now updated to "magazin" in the German Language Pack.
Fixed the wrong and missing translations in the skilltree in the German Language Pack.
Skin Updates:
Added a new skinbox called "Mystery Skinbox". On opening this skinbox can give you any skin recipe. (It contains all skin recipes in the whole game)
Fixed the Mossberg Elite item name, icon and texture issues.
Fixed the M249 Elite item name, store icon and model issues.
Fixed the Bizon Elite item name and description.
Fixed the FN Scar Elite item name.
Fixed the G36 Elite item name.
Fixed the M4 Elite item name.
Fixed the AKM Elite item name.
Fixed the AK74M Elite item name.
Fixed the SIG SAUER 556 Destruction store icon.
Updated the store icon of the Sig Sauer 556 Destruction.
Updated the store and recipe icon of the Light Sword Rainbow.
Battle Royale Updates:
Updated / Improved Battle Royale medical item spawns. More medical items should spawn around the map now.
Fixed a bug where the screen would not blur in battle royale when opening the inventory.
Fixed the character Battle Royale statistics on the main menu.
Tweaked the Battle Royale ranking server. People should get more accurate ranks now. Fixed certain issues.
Colorado V2 Updates:
Added more rocks around the Airport so players have more cover entering the area. (Community Feedback)
Added more interior props inside the Airport tower in the Airport so that players cant place lockers inside anymore.
Added back the original ambient sounds to the entire map. (Community Feedback)
Fixed an issue related to the military tent models. There was a bug causing lags related to this model. This is now fixed.
Fixed misplaced objects and buildings at Taylor Ranch.
Removed some interior props (trash bags) in a building in Varo where players would get stuck due these props.
Optimized an item box spawn at Norad and moved it to a different place. Players could get stuck in this position before.
Optimized color correction settings and colors of the sun overall for better quality and performance. (Community Feedback)
Colorado V1 Updates:
Fixed / Deleted some flying rocks around Campos City.
Fixed / some flying buildings around and inside Campos City.
Improved loot in the north area's of the map.
Caliwood Updates:
Fixed / Improved some collision walls around the map. Updated physics.
Fixed / Improved bridge particles where players could glitch inside.
Fixed / Improved more collision walls on top of buildings where players could glitch inside.
Removed the bugged "green-yellow building" and replaced it with other buildings. (This building was causing a major glitch)
Remember glitching inside buildings is bannable, you can't just walk inside them, that means you have to glich (We should put that on the patch notes as warning)
Rocky Ford Updates:
Added / Improved collision walls on top of the new added buildings to prevent players from glitching on top of the buildings.
Fixed / Improved the restaurant model. This building was causing FPS drops and performance issues.
For the players wondering about the new Battle Royale map; the map is close to being finished and will most likely be released in the next upcoming patch. We are aiming to release another patch as soon as possible.
Servers will go down for this hot-fix tomorrow morning: Wednesday, May 3, at 11:00 AM (UTC+2). Server downtime will be very short.
Please keep an eye out on our Twitter for further live updates: https://twitter.com/infestationnewz
Best Regards,
// Infestation: The New Z - Staff Team

Dear Players,
It's been a long time since we last performed a game update. We're very happy and excited to finally be able to show you all the new changes and work we've done in the past 2 weeks. We've received a lot of feedback from our community, streamers, moderators about things and we've tried to come up with the best changes and additions possible. We hope you like this patch!
ESTIMATED PATCH TIME: Thursday, March 16, 2017. 11:00 AM (UTC+2)
We estimate to be patching around this time. This all depends on how testing goes. We will keep you all updated through our Twitter if time / date changes but we're very certain to patch at this time.
Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/infestationnewz
Overall Updates:
Day time has been increased and night time has been decreased in all maps that had a day / night cycle.
Fixed a problem that where some buildings had windows from outside but on the inside those were not visible. This could be abused.
Fixed a bug where buying discounted items would sometimes not allow you to buy them if you have less GC than the original price.
Fixed a bug where the VOIP icon would stay "activated" if a player logged out while talking.
Fixed the favorite icon for servers. This button would bug sometimes. Players can now add servers to their favorite list without any problems.
Fixed a crash related to sounds / sound drivers.
Fixed a bug that causes rank skins not to work when the player is not in a clan. (Rank skins are skins only availbe for a certain leaderboard rank for example: rank 1)
Fixed a bug where the shields would "shield themselves" from grenade damage. This issue has been corrected. This makes grenades a effective way to destroy many shields that are close together.
Rank skins now also work for the "Seasonal Leaderboards". Players that are rank 1 in the seasonal leaderboards are now able to use the rank 1 skins too. (For more information about "Seasonal Leaderboards" please read further patch notes)
Crossbows are no longer being able to be brought / used in sniper only servers.
Added easter content in preparation for easter. On easter we have some amazing events planned. Stay tuned for this!
Added a new server feature that kicks players if they're AFK for too long in a server. (Also to prevent people from time-farming)
Removed unused files from public game build to decrease the size of the game smaller.
"Item Being Saved" is now entirely removed. This feature gave too many problems and wasn't working how it was suppose to be.
When interacting with a locker or the global inventory ingame, things such as hiding the chat or showing your weapon will no longer get triggered when searching.
"Rejoin Last" Button will now work even after restarting the game, except for solo servers. (For more information about solo servers please read the "Solo Servers" part of these patch notes)
Reworked Spawn Protection. Spawn protection starts counting when your game "renders", aka when you can move/walk/shoot/whatever. From now on, faster pcs won't get more spawnprotection, this way its fair for everybody.
Hiding the chat will now save when logging out of a server. This means when you hide chat -> log out -> join a new server the chat will still be hidden.
Highly Optimized Player AI Code.
Improved the Server Shot Registring AI: Shooting through shields and to players through corners should work much better now.
Sandbags, Woodshields, and Barbwire barricades now affect the global Barricade cooldown.
UI Updates:
Added a searh button to the marketplace. Players can now search for the item they want inside the actual marketplace just like how they can search in their inventory.
Added "Streamer Mode" option to the options menu. Players can now enable / disable "Streamer Mode" without having to close the game.
Added more information such as the region to "Recent" and "Favorites" tab of the server selection screen.
Added a visual indicator to display barricade's health while aiming on it.
Fixed a bug related to the lockerUI not being able to show messsages.
Fixed a bug that would cause FPS not to update when entering a vehicle.
Improved the UI of the character inventory screen. Some buttons are updated / better aligned and quality is improved.
Server Updates:
Implemented PVP Servers Map Rotation. Please read more at the "PVP Servers Map Rotation" part of these patch notes.
Added Caliwood servers to the open world -> beginner servers part of the game. Beginning players are now able to get used to Caliwood aswell.
Decreased amount of game servers to keep total server population more pact. This also had to be done because of the new South American servers coming.
For official servers both NA and EU Colorado V2 servers have been decreased. Also Colorado V2 AR ONLY server amount has been decreased.
For beginner servers both NA and EU Colorado V2 servers have been decreased. Caliwood servers have been added.
For all the players wondering about the South American servers. At this moment our servers still haven't arrived yet. They're almost certain to arrive before this patch so the servers will most likely be enabled after this upcoming patch but at this point we are not 100% sure yet. If the servers arrive after this upcoming patch we will do a small announcement as soon as we enable them. We're doing everything we can to get them up ASAP.
Item Updates:
Updated the store icon of the ASVAL. Changed some colors on the icon to make it look more like how the weapon looks in game.
Updated the crate textures of the Ballistic Shields. The crate now has the same color as the actual barricade.
Lowered the damage of the VERESK (sub machine gun). This is based on the balance with the other sub machine guns.
Lowered the damage of the FAMAS (assault rifle). Now that the gun takes stanag ammo it's generally more overpowered.
Medium Armor Desert & Medium Armor Forest now have the same statistics as the normal Medium Armor.
Fixed the Ballistic Shield 3D model problems. The shield is now ready to be released.
Fixed the ASVAL-60 ammo item description. Updated it so now it says the right amount of ammo instead of a copy of the ASVAL-30 ammo.
Fixed the sprint animation of the QBZ-95. It was using the wrong sprinting animations before.
Fixed the QBZ-95 bugs where the iron sight / ammo in the gun did not show. The weapon is now ready to be released.
Fixed the Military Ruck item description (+Skinned versions). It had the wrong amount of slots in the description.
Fixed / Updated the texture of the personal locker. The "code lock" part on the locker should now be visible again.
Added a new Riot Shield: Riot Shield Crunzaty. This Riot Shield is especially made for our moderator Crunzaty.
Added a new Streamer Riot Shield: Riot Shield FistyCuffs29. This Riot Shield is especially made for the streamer FistyCuffs29.
Added a new Streamer Riot Shield: Riot Shield ZombieEyedGnome. This Riot Shield is especially made for the streamer ZombieEyedGnome.
Added a new Streamer Riot Shield: Riot Shield TheSurvivalGuysTV. This Riot Shield is especially made for the streamer TheSurvivalGuysTV.
Added a new Media Riot Shield: Riot Shield Cristyle91. This Riot Shield is especially made for the youtuber Cristyle91.
Added a new Streamer Riot Shield: Riot Shield Cricridusud. This Riot Shield is especially made for the streamer Cricridusud.
Added a new Streamer Riot Shield: Riot Shield jiznukem. This Riot Shield is especially made for the streamer jiznukem.
Added a new country Riot Shield: Riot Shield Faroe Islands.
Added a new country Riot Shield: Riot Shield Puerto Rico.
Added a new country Riot Shield: Riot Shield Georgia.
Added a new country Riot Shield: Riot Shield Indonesia.
Added a new country Riot Shield: Riot Shield Estonia.
Added a new item: (This is also directly a new type of item) The Tactical Weapon Crate. The Tactical Weapon Crate is a new type of crate in Infestation: The New Z.
This is the first crate that's released of it's kind. This crate can be opened in-game just like opening a skinbox. After opening the crate it will dissapear and give the player a weapon / item in return.
Renamed "12 Gauge Ammo" to "Shotgun Shell 8x". See further notes for more details why.
Updated the description of the Double Barrel shotgun. (Added that the double barrel shotgun can only use Shotgun Shell 2x ammo because it has 2 barrels and no clip.)
Mossbergs and KT Deciders (shotguns) are now also able to use "Shotgun Shell 2x" next to "Shotgun Shell 8x". The Double Barrel is still only capable of using "Shotgun Shell 2x".
When reloading a Mossberg or KT Decider there's now also a new animation that only loads 2 shotgun shells instead of 8. (Dynamic based on what ammo you load)
The VSS Compact is no longer silenced. We are still looking into solutions to give this gun 'a better place in the scene'. We don't want to make the gun too OP but definatly worth to use.
The VSS Compact no longer has a silencer attached to the front barrel of the gun since it's no longer silenced.
Skinned personal lockers are now personal lockers instead of lockers that use a code. The skinned lockers will be available in the marketplace after this patch.
Item Simplification:
Based on feedback from our community about a "too much variaty of different items" leading to a confusion sometimes we've came up with a process we will follow in the upcoming patches. We also feel very limited when deciding to add new content since we don't want to "flood" the game.
With the process of simplification we want to rework certain items / ammo and try to group them up in a way they make more sense. While reading this we think that this can be quite complicated to understand so we recommend you to read the first notes as a start to get an idea of what exactly we mean:
(Already listed above but worth to mention again:) "12 Gauge ammo" is now renamed to "Shotgun Shell 8x". Shotgun Shell 2x can now also be used in a MOSSBERG or KT Decider. This to make the whole understanding of what ammo goes in what gun easier.
Added a new type of armor: The MTV (This is a basic version of the MTV armors)
All old MTV armors have been changed to MTV Basic. The old 'skinned' versions will be released later as actual skins.
We ask our community to come up with ideas how we can proceed with this process. If theres any guns that should use different ammo or ammo we should remove / change we ask you to suggest it to us! In the end we just want to make the game easier to understand / play but also leave space to add new guns and items without a limit.
Marketplace Updates:
We've received a lot of feedback from our community regarding skins. Some people were complaining there are too many skins in the game, some people were complaining there hasn't been any new skins since forever, and some said prices are too high etc.
We've discussed this and came up with a solution, a new system, that will be fit for everyone. Summed up there's basicly too many skins available to players. Some skins are too old, some new, it can be very confusing this way.
Based on this feedback we've came up with the following solution / system:
There will from now on only be a limited amount of skin recipes available instead of everything being always available. We will rotate the skins daily meaning new / different skins will be available every day including discounts.
Some skinboxes will be removed forever from the marketplace. (They might come back on certain events sometimes)
Skinboxes will rotate in the marketplace instead of everything being available at once. We plan on making different boxes available for different/certain periods.
This will leave us with more space to actually release new skinboxes instead of "flooding" the marketplace with skins.
Skinboxes will increase in their value. Some skinboxes will become legacy.
This will also leave space for us to release boxes that can be cheap or have prices more based on the actual quality of the skins.
Skin Updates:
Fixed the Mauser SRG Blue skin. This skin will be released soon in an upcoming skinbox.
Fixed the Mauser SRG Pink skin. This skin will be released soon in an upcoming skinbox. Scopes now also work on this weapon.
Fixed the Custom Guerilla Red Strike skin textures. We are not sure yet how / when this skin will be released.
Fixed the Light Sword Rainbow. Expect this skin to be released soon.
Fixed the Blaser Neon Dragon glow. The skin wasn't glowing properly before.
Fixed some texture issues of the "GOSU" clan skins.
Updated the textures of the "M107 Gold". The skin looks more gold now.
Updated the textures of the "M107 Black".
Updated the textures of the "Minicabra's". Also updated the icon.
Added "Event Skins". We are not sure how these will be used but the actual skins are already added. These skins are simple red / blue colored skins for armors helmets and can be used to make teams in events.
Solo Servers:
As many of you already know is that "Solo Servers" are finally here! (If you have no idea what "Solo Servers" are please read this dev-blog: http://playnewz.com/getpost.php?id=60003)
"Solo Servers" have been a big demand of our entire community but also from a lot of streamers streaming our game. Until a week ago we didn't really had an idea how Solo Servers would work but we came up with a strong idea:
"Solo Servers" is an idea originally from a group of streamers where players can ONLY play solo. This aims to avoid bigger groups while playing the game and fighting against individual persons only. Here's some features summed up:
There will be a new button added under the 'Open World' part of the game. This button will be called "Solo Servers".
When clicking the "Solo Servers" button the player will NOT go to the server selection screen but will immediately join a random chosen server.
No grouping + no group tags. Players playing in these type of servers will not have the ability to invite anyone to group.
No clan tags / no clans. This is all disabled.
Original Colorado V2 Servers only. You do not 'lose your spawn' when playing on official Colorado v2 servers and switch to Solo Servers.
When joining a solo server it will not show anywhere what server you're on. (Basically players don't know what server they're on themselves)
When dying / logging out of a solo server, it will not show up at the 'Recent Servers' tab what server you were on.
Players will have the ability to join back into their server after dying by clicking the 'Rejoin Last' button. This way players still have the ability to join back the server after dying to pick up their loot.
If you have further questions about this new open world game-mode we recommend to write all your questions in a comment on these notes or just try the new "Solo Servers" out yourself!
Seasonal Leaderboards:
YES! Seasonal Leaderboards are finished! Many have asked for this and we thought it was time to bring the leaderboards and competitve level of the game to a next level. With this said we think these seasonal leaderboards will bring a lot of fun.
Seasonal Leaderboards will work as the following:
Periods / time of a season + season name will be decided by us manually. We will create our own seasons and based on that combine them with events and prices.
Seasons can take up to a month time or can be only for a few days. It's just what ever we decide depending on the event.
Statistics in Seasonal Leaderboards only count statistics from Official Servers and Solo Servers.
When no season is active the seasonal leaderboards tab in the menu will say "No seasons active".
From here we will start working on special events related to seasons with cool rewards, maybe even seasons that are only for 1 day. We're planning on even adding rankings in future. We'll see what comes based on this!
New Reputation Ranks:
Based on feedback from the community and our moderators we've decided to add new ranks to both the postive and the negative side of reputation. On the postive side we added:
+300000 rep - "Genius"
+400000 rep - "Devin"
+500000 rep - "Sheriff"
On the negative side we added:
-1250000 rep - "Warrior"
-1500000 rep - "Evil"
-2000000 rep - "Cannibal"
PVP Servers Map Rotation:
Based on the feedback received from the community the past week we've decided to implement the PVP Servers Map Rotation. (Link to poll:
Rotations will be ONLY done in the "PVP Servers" part of the open world part of the game.
Rotations will be done every patch, for now, until we create a way to change the rotation live.
There will always be 2 maps only active and every map 1 or more type. (Type is: AR ONLY, SNIPER ONLY & HYBRID) So in the end there will always be 6 servers or more.
Rotating the PVP maps of the game gives players more excitement about "what map is coming next time", a more variated PVP environment, less confusion about "too many different maps in the game" but it also gives us the ability to add new PVP maps without overflooding the amount of PVP servers.
We hope to follow a certain pattern with a schedule where and when we switch maps in the future. For now it will work in the way explained.
We would like to make clear (also based on what we explained with the "Seasonal Leaderboards") that statistics still count for PVP servers but only for the ALL TIME statistics so not for the Seasonal Leaderboards.
Colorado V1 Updates:
Fixed flying objects at West Boulder Meteological Station.
Fixed misplaced objects at West Boulder Meteological Station.
Fixed some terrain issues at West Boulder Meteological Station.
Fixed physics of some rocks around Campos City where players could glitch inside them.
Fixed some buildings in Campos City where players could get stuck in the windows.
Fixed some buildings in Boulder City where players could get stuck in the windows.
{*}Fixed some misplaced objects in Boulder City.
Colorado V2 Updates:
Added more item spawns in places where there was no loot spawning in Death Valley.
Players can no longer acces the roof of the Beach House in Clearview. Added collision walls on top of the house to prevent players from glitching up.
Increased FPS / performance for players playing on low settings.
Removed the old secret spot.
Added a new secret spot.
Fixed a problem in Boulder City where some buildings had windows where players could only look / shoot through from one side.
Fixed fences in Boulder City where players were only shoot through from one side.
Caliwood Updates:
Fixed a problem in Caliwood where some buildings had windows where players could only look / shoot through from one side.
Fixed some issues related to zombie spawns. Some spawns had wrong setting causing zombies to respawn too fast / too much.
Fixed some player spawns where players would spawn outside of the map. Spawns are moved / improved.
Fixed physics of some rocks at the beach areas where players could glitch inside them.
Decreased the total amount of zombie spawns. At some places there was just too many and it was affecting the PVP in certain area's.
Players can no longer acces certain parts of the roof of the convention centre in the center of the map.
Players can no longer acces balconies of "green-yellow" appartment buildings. Collision walls are updated.
Added a new secret spot.
Added a military tent on top of the convention center to give players better protection / cover while PVP-ing.
Added a parking lot in front of the convention center to give players better protection / cover while PVP-ing.
Removed the "Infestation" poster from the convention center building due collision / physics problems.
Alien super zombies are now also spawning in Caliwood. We will not tell you where they spawn yet. Good luck finding them!
Event Map Updates:
Reworked all 4 of the "Deathmatch" area's. Some are entirely reworked while some are just improved. This is all done based on feedback from the community.
Added vault (Global Inventory Acces) NPC's and store NPC's to the lobby of the map so players don't have to log out to grab other items out of their global inventory.
Added signs indicating the names of the fighting area's and teams to improve usablity of the map. Players participating in events now know better where to go.
{*}The lobby and "walk" area's are now safezone to improve general flow of the events done on this map.
Fixed physics of the 'wooden walls' objects that are used on 2 area's of the map. Players can no longer walk / shoot through.
Fixed flying objects throughout the entire map + removed misplaced objects.
Optimized freeze time on the map. Time is now frozen at 11:00 AM for a better general look of the map.
Optimized shadows / terrain / lighting on the entire map. Improved performance and FPS. Also decreased loading time needed to load the map.
Updated terrain texture to a better looking one.
Updated minimap.
Rocky Ford Updates:
Added more collision walls on top of the post office to prevent players from glitching on top of the roof.
Added more details in and around the church.
Added two new houses in front of the church to improve / fill up the area a bit more.
Added sand bags in front of the church to give players more cover.
Updated minimap.
West Oaks Updates:
Added more collision walls on top of the motel buildings to prevent players from glitching on top of the roof.
Spring Valley Updates:
Fixed some terrain issues.
Added, moved and improved player spawns. (Some spawns were too much in the open / bad location)
Optimized map / changed some settings to increase FPS and performance.
Battle Royale Updates:
Increased the spawn rates of medical items.
Removed krugers / kruger ammo from the loot spawns. These items will no longer be in Battle Royale.
Removed the Bizon / Honey Badger from the loot spawns. Also these items will no longer be in Battle Royale.
Moved / fixed some spawns where players would spawn in the middle of a group of zombies.
We are planning on reworking the loot in the current Battle Royale map as soon as the new Battle Royale map is released. We have removed certain items from spawning to make the flow and gameplay of a Battle Royale easier and faster.
Loot will be reworked / optimized on the new upcoming Battle Royale map.
Estimated time of patch is listed at the top of this announcement.
Best Regards,
// Infestation: The New Z - Staff Team

Dear Players,
We're rolling out a quick, unexpected medium sized patch to fix some issues and update some things. The main reason this patch is rolling out is so that our AntiCheat name in the game is renamed. This had to be done and we took this opportunity to also patch a lot of other things.
Before we jump in the patch notes we first want to inform / update you all regarding the 'private server issues'. If you're unaware of our most recent announcement that also contains information about the issue, please read this first: http://steamcommunity.com/games/555570/announcements/detail/680444679526708202
Servers are becoming more and more stable and look finally to be a bit 'calmed down' so the problem should slowly be resolved.
Now, let's get into the patch notes:
Overall Updates:
"MLG AntiCheat" is now officially renamed to "Fredaikis AntiCheat (FAC)".
Based on community feedback the machete (melee) is now more common.
Improved the alien super zombie textures. Fixed texture bugs and the eyes from the zombie are now glowing red.
Fixed some city buildings that did not have double sided glass in the windows so players could only see through from one side.
Fixed the city building (2 story thats also used in the Battle Royale map) where there was a window players could shoot through from one side.
Increased the Private Server Cooldown for it to go back to "sleep" mode. The reason we've done this is to prevent players from losing their airdrops. It would happen sometimes that a player would call in an airdrop and crash.
The server would go too fast in "sleep" mode before and therefor caused the airdrop to despawn before the player joined back in and then lose the airdrop. This should no longer happen.
Fixed a bug that would not let a player buy certain items when in discount. (For example: Player has 2100 GC, normally the item he wants to buy costs 2500 GC but in discount it would be 2000 GC. The player could still not buy the item. This is fixed now.)
Fixed a visual bug when trying to drop items just after logging in to a server.
Fixed a bug related to GC purchases with Steam. Players would sometimes get the error "You do not have enough playtime to buy over X amount".
Zombies will no longer no-clip through airdrops landed in a map.
UI Updates:
Updated the menu background to a new one.
Improved the clan / group arrow in-game that would show on top of a player when he is in your clan or group. This arrow would sometimes 'bug' when the other player in yourm clan or group would be very far away.
The arrows are now centered and should now always be on top of the player itself even in far distances.
Fixed a UI bug that caused backpacks somtimes not to show the right amount of slots. (This was glitched before)
Removed the pickup button for code lockers. Only devs can pick up code lockers now. The reason we've done this is because code lockers are only for events and not available for public because players could potentially
use code lockers for black market / glitch / dupe purposes. We want to avoid this. Code lockers will only be used in events.
Fixed a visual UI bug in the main menu where a player's GD (Game Dollars) would sometimes glitch and show minus. (Player had to restart the game before to fix it)
Added a limiter while buying an amount of items in the marketplace. When players type any higher number than "999" now it will automaticly set to "999".
Item Updates:
Fixed / Updated the textures of the zipper of the Adventure Backpack. (They were white before, now they're colored)
Fixed / Updated the textures of the Valentine Heart. (This was causing the 'black character bug')
Fixed / Updated the textures of the third person model of the M107. Textures are now the same color as in the first person model.
Fixed the detection radius of zombies on the VSS. Since this sniper is silenced only zombies that are very close aggro upon shooting.
Fixed the detection radius of zombies on the OTS-SVU. Since this sniper is silenced only zombies that are very close aggro upon shooting.
Fixed the detection radius of zombies on the ASVAL. Since this sniper is silenced only zombies that are very close aggro upon shooting.
Fixed the detection radius of zombies on the VSS Compact. Since this sniper is silenced only zombies that are very close aggro upon shooting.
Fixed the ASVAL-30 store icon. The icon now looks and has the same color as the model in-game. (Was using the same icon as VSS-20 ammo before)
Updated the ASVAL-60 store icon. The icon now looks and has the same color as the model in-game. (Icon we used before was very low quality)
Updated the ASVAL store icon. The icon now looks and has the same color as the model in-game. (Icon we used before was very low quality)
Increased zombie detection radius on air horns. More zombies in a bigger area will aggro now when using an air horn.
Increased zombie detection radius on the AWP. Since this a heavy sniper with a lot of damage the detection for zombies is a bit higher than for other snipers.
Decreased the damage reduction on the Medium Armor. (It was just as good as a Custom Guerilla which wasn't suppose to)
Decreased the damage of the SMG's in general. Some SMG's were way too strong compared to assault rifles. SMG's now do less damage in general and maintain their other statistics.
We will see how the change will go from here and based on that do more changes. Changes are for: Bizon, UZI, MP5, Mp7, P90, P90S & Scorpion.
Consumables: Apple, Banana, Carrot, Lettuce, Pineapple, Potato, Tomato, Watermelon & Bag of Chips now have descriptions.
The difference between the P90 and the P90S now is that the P90S has a higher decay - it does more damage on longer distances.
The VSS Compact is now using ASVAL ammo instead of VSS ammo. VSS ammo was way too expensive for that gun.
The Famas is now using Stanag ammo instead of Famas ammo. All Famas 25's have been changed to Stanag 30's & All Famas 50's have been changed to Stanag 60's.
Famas ammo is no longer in the game. Read the note above here for more information.
Reduced the FN FAL recoil. Based on community feedback we've made the weapon a little bit better in general.
Reworked the FN FAL icon. Also reworked the DMR Ammo icon. We are considering reworking the entire model later.
Added a new weapon: The QBZ 95. This weapon is similar to the MASADA and also uses STANAG ammo. The QBZ 95 will spawn at every military location in the game.
Skin Updates:
Fixed / Updated the Valentine Skinbox description.
Fixed / Updated the Heavy Gear Chrome textures. (reverted)
Map Updates:
Battle Royale Updates:
Increased total sprint time in Battle Royale, and increased the sprint regeneration to both match the same as having full skill tree.
Lowered the chance of getting a blaser (sniper) from an airdrop in Battle Royale. This gun was / is way too overpowered in this game mode.
Fixed an airdrop spawn point where the airdrop would sometimes land on top of a building.
Improved the quality of the terrain on low settings. FPS / Performance should also be better now.
Colorado V2 Updates:
Fixed a part of a brick buildings in campos, which was not doublesided.
Removed all the bushes at Death Valley and replaced them with Trees. These bushes were causing problems and also didn't really fit the terrain style anyway.
Fixed some flying objects at Death Valley.
Fixed some terrain issues in Clearview. There shouldn't be any grass groing through the floor of buildings anymore.
Fixed a terrain issue in Boulder City where players started swimming in the middle of the city. (Glitched)
Colorado V1 Updates:
Removed an object which was causing a black texture glitch while aiming in at that location. (Helicopter crash north of Clearview)
Improved player spawns in Campos City.
Removed some objects which were placed bellow the terrain and that were causing freezes/crashes.
Fixed some flying rocks at Fallsdale where people could no-clip through and glitch inside.
Fixed a terrain issue in the big market in Clearview.
Fixed a terrain issue infront of Boulder City where players could get stuck while jumping in the water.
The Alien-Super-Zombie will spawn now in Frosty Pines and Crystal Lake Resort.
Caliwood Updates:
Fixed a glitch at certain bridges in the city where players were able to no-clip under / in them.
SpringValley Updates:
Added some more protection / cover for players in the open fields around the town (park and parkinglot) based on community feedback.
Improved the quality of the terrain on low settings. FPS / Performance should also be better now.
Added 'jump up' objects through out the whole map so players can move across the map easier. This is also based on feedback from the community.
WestOaks Updates:
Fixed some flying objects through out the whole map.
Fixed some issues on the terrain.
Added some collision walls on top of buildings so that players can no longer glitch on top of them that easy.
Improved the quality of the terrain on low settings. FPS / Performance should also be better now. (Community feedback)
Rocky Ford Updates:
Added a 'jump up' object behind restaurant so that players can jump over the high fence easier and faster.
Added some new buildings to the map to make the pvp more diverse. We will see if players like it and based on that do more changes.
Event Map Updates:
Fixed a major crash that didn't let the map start before. We can finally start using the map now. Expect to see this map on an event server soon!
Let us know what your opinion is about this patch! If you have any more questions, feel free to ask them!
The patch will roll out within a few hours max. We're currently testing some last things. Please keep an eye out to our Twitter for latest updates: https://twitter.com/infestationnewz
Best Regards,
// Infestation: The New Z - Staff Team

Dear Players,
With Valentine's day coming soon and some major problems we have decided to release a smaller hotfix / patch. This patch includes a lot of fixes and all the content for the Valentine's Day events.
Before we jump into the patch notes we would like to let you all know what exactly is happening on and after Valentine's Day. Here's more information:
Valentine's Week:
Instead of doing events only ON Valentine's Day we have decided to extend it with a few more days. Here are the exact dates:
START: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 - 00:00 (UTC+2)
START: Friday, February 17, 2017 - 23:59 (UTC+2)
We have some amazing and cool things planned during these days. Stay tuned with an announcement that will follow tomorrow with more details about WHEN / WHAT is going to happen!
Wondering how the new Valentine skins are going to look like? Check out here: https://www.facebook.com/pg/Infestation.NewZ/photos/?tab=album&album_id=935642256570582
Patch is expected to roll out: Monday, February 13, 11:00 (UTC+2). Please keep in mind that this is an estimation. There is a chance the patch rolls out a few hours later if we stumble upon problems.
Now, let's jump into the details for this current patch:
Overall Updates:
Updated the airdrop plane sound to a jet engine sound instead of the sound of a propellor plane.
Updated the airdrop plane model. We've added a complete new model that's better quality, better optimized and looks better.
Updated the old "Origin" crates used almost everywhere in the game now have a new texture containing the Fredaikis logo.
Fixed the problem related to some language packs showing the wrong information on the information about premium benefits.
Fixed the "Item Being Saved" bug that happens to players sometimes when trying to pick up items in a server.
"Item Being Saved" WILL still happen IF the servers have bad connections BUT we recoded the way it works and that prevents it now from being bugged most of the time.
Fixed the problem with impacts for military tents. When shooting a tent snow particles would play. This is now fixed.
Fixed one of the NA server problems - we got rid of the server and now have a new one with better connections.
Optimized fast load, recoded certain parts to make fast load even smoother and more optimized.
We are still looking into the texture glitches caused by fast load. Stay tuned for this!
Fixed a bug causing the color picker to be picking white for the item highlight colors.
Fixed a bug where battle royales would crash, preventing people from joining them after some days and give the message that no free servers are available.
Added new particles / sounds / impacts for glass objects.
Added new particles / sounds / impacts for Rubbish (Trash) objects.
Item Updates:
Added a new backpack: The Adventure Backpack. This backpack is especially made for the players that want to be able to carry A LOT of items. This backpack has 85 item slots and 400kg max weight. http://infestation.gamepedia.com/Adventure_Backpack
Added a new item: Valentine Heart. This item is a consumable and ONLY going to by achievable on Valentine's day.
Updated the AMR2 Chrome description. It was describing the wrong skinbox the skin is in.
RAH 23 is now capable of having any stanag ammo attached instead of just C-mags.
Flashbangs now have weight added, just like every other item.
Skin Updates:
In preparation for Valentine's Day and the events that are planned we've reworked and added new Valentine's skins:
Reworked the Valentine Skinbox. Reworked textures and store icon.
Reworked the Custom Guerilla Valentine. Reworked textures, store icon and skin recipe.
Reworked the Famas Valentine. Reworked textures, store icon and skin recipe.
Reworked the L85 Valentine. Reworked textures, store icon and skin recipe.
Reworked the Moto Helmet Valentine. Reworked textures, store icon and skin recipe.
Reworked the Karambit Valentine. Reworked textures, store icon and skin recipe.
Reworked the Tactical Knife Valentine. Reworked textures, store icon and skin recipe.
Reworked the AWM Valentine. Reworked textures, store icon and skin recipe.
Reworked the Heavy Armor Chrome. Based on feedback from the community the skin looks a little bit less 'balloony' now.
Added the AK47 Valentine. This skin will be inside the Valentine Skinbox.
Added the AN94 Valentine. This skin will be inside the Valentine Skinbox.
Added the M4A1 Valentine. This skin will be inside the Valentine Skinbox.
Added the Heavy Armor Valentine. This skin will be inside the Valentine Skinbox.
Added the Desert Eagle Valentine. This skin will be inside the Valentine Skinbox.
Added the K. Style NVG Valentine. This skin will be inside the Valentine Skinbox.
Added the Hunter Backpack Valentine. This skin will be inside the Valentine Skinbox.
Added the Blaser R93 Valentine. This skin will be inside the Valentine Skinbox.
Added the VSS Vintorez Valentine.
The Valentine skins are high quality and will only be available on Valentine's day. To maintain the value of the skins, the skinbox will be sold for GC only. More information for the actual Valentine's Day event will follow later.
Map Updates:
Event Map Updates:
Public testing time! On request of the community and streamers we've finished a map especially designed to use for events. This patch we will release the map and it will be available to a limited amont of people.
Depending on testing we will then decide if the map is ready to use for public events. We will update you all when this will happen as soon as we know more!
First public release of the map!
Colorado V2 Updates:
Please not that certain map changes are done based on feedback from the community. Based on how our community reacts to these upcoming changes we will decide to either keep things or revert them back.
The lake next to Clearview is not entirely shallow instead of just certain areas. This should make it easier for players to get into the town.
Added rocks in the lake next to Clearview so players crossing have more cover instead of just being in the open.
Added jumpups at the white house in Clearview. Players can now get on top of the side roofs without having to glitch / boost.
Added jumpups at the Garage in Clearview. Players can now get on top of the roof from 2 places.
Added jumpups at some closed off area's in VARO Military Base so players can jump out of the closed of area.
Added a small military area in Clearview in between the new bank building and the garage to give players more cover while pvp-ing in this area.
Added more variaty of cars in Clearview to give players more cover while pvp-ing.
Added a military area outside of Clearview in between the city and 'six spawn' so players have more cover while getting into Clearview.
The bank building in the center of Clearview is now replaced with a new 'three story building'.
Fixed some issues in Boulder City where the terrain would sometimes glitch through the floor of buildings.
Again, a more detailed post about the Valentine's week will follow soon containing everything you need to know!
Best Regards & let us know what you think of this patch!
// Infestation: The New Z - Staff Team

Dear Players,
First of all we would like to excuse ourselves for the fact that this patch is a bit later than expected. There has been some complications and fixing the 'left peek' problem took longer than expected.
Even though that this patch isn't that big compared to others, we still wanted to release the patch before the weekend because it contains a fix for the 'left peek' problem and a lot fixes for crashes.
For the players wondering what we are working on for the upcoming patches we have added a small 'working on' list at the bottom of our patch notes. We plan on adding a 'working on' list on every patch note from now on.
Now, let's get into the notes for this patch:
Overall Updates:
Fixed the 'left peek' issue. We have reworked the crouch animation. For all the players that do not know what the 'left peek' issue is: Left peek was abused by players while peeking from behind a shield or wall.
Players could abuse this because when doing this their head was not visible to the player they were shooting, making it impossible for the enemy player to respond. This is now fixed!
Fixed a major crash related the the skin menu that causes "unable to reset D3D Device". This should no longer happen.
Fixed a crash related to "unloaded more DYNAMIC decal textures than loaded!".
Fixed the 'items being saved' bug. This would sometimes happen when a player would get killed, and logs out too fast.
Fixed Item Color Picker in-game + It's now available / fully working in full-screen mode!
Fixed overall server connection issues. We've fixed a major problem that would cause servers to be lagging at least a few times a day. This is now fixed.
Optimized the engine, increasing fps and decreasing cpu load when a lot of players are nearby.
Bare hands no longer spawn decals on hit. Sound and particles are still default.
Melees now spawn decals on hit. This means that when hitting a metal object with a melee it would spawn metal particles and sounds. (Just like bullets)
Improved the FastLoad system to cause less visual bugs (texture bugs), and less load-lag while being ingame and running around towns.
The FN Fal no longer spawns inside item boxes. The gun is not considered to be worth to get out of an item box since its relatively common.
Alien super zombie loot has been updated. It now does not drop ANY AR's, more snipers and it has a chance of dropping a karambit.
Code lockers are now working! We have added a second variant of the personal locker called: "Personal Code Locker". This locker can be accesed by any player with a code set by the player that placed it.
We plan to use these lockers for events but we also want to courage streamers to use these lockers for their own events.
Skinned lockers will also be sold in the marketplace. More information about the added skinned code lockers can be found under 'Item Updates'.
Major improvements and fixes have been done to the material types of objects. When shooting certain objects a lot of wrong decals were displayed. This is now fixed.
UI Updates:
Updated the social media loading screen; fixed the discord link.
Added a new loading screen that informs players that trading on the black market for real money is not allowed.
Added GC and GD amount in the in-game inventory UI. Players can now see how much GD / GC they have while being in-game.
Marketplace Updates:
Riot Shield Svena69 has been reduced in price from 20.000GD to 5.000GD.
Item Updates:
Added weight to items that did not have weight. (This is also to prevent dupes)
Added weight to backpacks. They don't have a lot of weight but they are not 0 KG anymore.
Added weight to skinboxes. This also to prevent dupes. Skinboxes are 1 KG each now.
Added weight to skin recipes. This also to prevent dupes. Skin recipes are 0.1 KG each now.
Added a description to the spawn protection items in the marketplace so more players understand how it works.
Added a new country riot shield: Riot Shield Paraguay.
Added a new country riot shield: Riot Shield Wales.
Added a new media riot shield: Riot Shield GamerKrissy.
Added a new skinned code locker: Hynx Code Locker.
Added a new skinned code locker: Red Dragon Code Locker.
Added a new skinned code locker: Neon Dragon Code Locker.
Added a new skinned code locker: E-Unit Code Locker.
Increased the weight of the OTS-SVU. It wa s way too light compared to it's brother; the SVD.
Increased the weight of the VSS Vintorez. Based on comparison with the weight of other snipers.
Increased the weight of the AW Magnum. Based on comparison with the weight of other snipers.
Increased the weight of the AMR2. Based on comparison with the weight of other snipers.
Increased the weight of the Airdrop Caller.
Increased damage of the Mauser SRG. The Mauser SRG now has 115 damage instead of 110.
Fixed the K. Style weights. Skinned K. Style's now have the same weight as the unskinned version.
Fixed the Custom Guerilla weights. Skinned Custom Guerilla's now have the same weight as the unskinned version.
Fixed the AWP weights. Skinned AWP's now have the same weight as the unskinned version.
Fixed the Famas weights. Skinned Famas's now have the same weight as the unskinned version.
Updated the name of the ".308 Winchester Sniper Rifle Ammo" to ".308 Winchester Ammo".
Updated the name of the "AWM .338 Magnum Ammo" to ".338 Magnum Ammo".
Updated the description of the Mauser SRG.
Updated the description of Military Rucks. The number of slots indicated in the description did not match the statistics of the backpack.
Updated the description of the Personal Locker. Added more advanced information now that have a new type of locker.
Updated statistics of the VSS Compact. This gun is a bit like the FN FAL but then silenced. The gun is now ready for release!
Removed AUG Forward Grips entirely from the game since they weren't used anymore. All remaining AUG Forward Grips have been changed to normal forward grips.
Skin Updates:
Added a new skin "IMI TAR Red Dragon". This skin is now achievable from the Dragon Skinbox.
Reworked / Updated skin "Heavy Armor Modern Black". Textures are more shiny and better quality.
Reworked / Updated skin "Heavy Armor Neon Dragon". Textures are more shiny and better quality.
Reworked / Updated skin "K. Style NVG Neon Dragon". Textures are more shiny and better quality.
Reworked / Updated skin "K. Style Modern Black". Textures are more shiny and better quality.
Reworked / Updated skin "K. Style Neon Dragon". Textures are more shiny and better quality.
Reworked / Updated skin "Saiga Red Dragon". Textures are more shiny and better quality.
Reworked / Updated skin "Honey Badger Red Dragon". Textures are more shiny and better quality.
Reworked / Updated skin "Machete Red Dragon". Textures are more shiny and better quality.
Reworked / Updated skin "AWP Red Dragon". Textures are more shiny and better quality.
Reworked / Updated skin Overal Neon Dragon skins based on community feedback. The dragons on the skin are now a bit
Battle Royale Updates:
Fixed a major repetitive crash related to the gass / radiation in battle royales combined with players logging out and joining a new server.
Fixed a bug where Logging back in to a server after playing battle royale would crash your game.
Fixed a bug where battle royale servers would randomly freeze.
Fixed some objects that didn't have any physicx.
Increased the battle royale starting radius to prevent players from 'all of a sudden' being too far away from the safezone.
The safe zone radius now adapts based on how far / close players are. This will also make battle royales faster.
M9 Helmet black is now the only M9 helmet that spawns in battle royales.
Map Updates:
Colorado V2 Updates:
Updated some general water settings to make the water look more realistic.
Fixed the 'window problem' with certain windows in Boulder City where they were only look-able through 1 side.
Fixed some general object placements in Boulder City that allowed players to glitch on top of rooftops of buildings.
Fixed loot spawns at Death Valley and updated loot.
Added more collision walls around 'VARO Containment Area' to prevent players from glitching outside the map.
Removed rocks around 'VARO Containment Area'.
Removed the bushy plants at Death Valley that were visually bugged when using fast-load.
Colorado V1 Updates:
Updated collision walls around every small market building to prevent players from glitching on top of the building.
Cliffside Updates:
Fixed the problem that caused zombies to be spawning on top of buildings and collision walls.
West Oaks Updates:
Updated collision walls around the fast food / bank buildings to prevent players from glitching.
Based on feedback from the community we will now also list out the main things that we are working on BESIDES fixing crashes and problems:
We are working on a new second Battle Royale map. We are aiming to have it done for the next upcoming patch. We want the map to be special and we also want to include some new models and assets.
A special 'event' map is being made where streamers can host their own events for their community's. This map will contain special area's to fight and do different kind of events.
We are still looking into a solution for the 'red hitmarker' problem. For now we advice players to use the headshot sound if they want a confirmation that the headshot sound landed.
We have started working on the survival AND the competitive game mode. For survival the map is almost done, we hope to have the map done soon so that we can start showing the community how it will look like.
We will post more information regarding this subjects on our Facebook and Twitter later on towards the next upcoming patch. Also please keep in mind that the points listed above are just a few 'main' subjects. We are working on a lot on the side.
Patch is expected to roll out later today (Within the upcoming 4 hours depending how everything goes). Server downtime is expected to be 1 hour but will probably end up less.
Best Regard,
// Infestation: The New Z - Staff Team

Dear players,
It's been a while since our last patch / game update. We are sorry for this. Christmas, new year came through, but we're fully 'back to business' now. Let's get into the patch notes:
Overall Updates:
Global anti-cheat updates.
Beginner servers limit is now 72 hours. Players can play on beginner servers up to 72 hours now, instead of 24.
'Streamer Accounts' are no longer able to join beginner servers.
'Streamer Accounts' no longer have a legendary icon in front of their name in the tab list.
'High jump' is now available in private servers again.
Christmas trees have been removed from all the maps.
Christmas zombies have been removed.
The 'FN FAL' and 'Scar H' are no longer usable on AR Only servers as those 2 guns are now considered as snipers.
Fixed the amount of glow on light swords and other glowing objects. - The glow amount is now reduced.
Fixed a major freeze / crash cause in maps: Caliwood, Colorado V2/V1 & Battle Royale. (In rd3log it would spam something related to 'terrain tiles') This is now fixed.
Fixed a major bug that caused random snipers to have random skinned scopes.
Fixed the Admin Kick Button for private servers on the menu.
Fixed the bug where players couldn't delete characters and got 'error code: 5'.
Item boxes no longer have a chance of spawning heavy armors.
Each terrain type (when shooting) now has it's own particles and sounds. When you shoot snow, the bullet hit partlicle would look snowy. When you shoot water you now see water partcles etc.
Before the game would use 1 default particle for every terrain type, now it will use different particles depending on what terrain type the player hits.
Reworked bullet impacts for each terrain type. When shooting metal now it actually shows random metal bullet hits, and when shooting wood it actually shows random wood bullet hits, & more. Before it would ONLY ALWAYS show the concrete bullet hit.
Fixed a bug that players could abuse to join AR / SNIPER ONLY servers by joining through the ''recent servers" tab.
Coming soon:
There will be more information about this subject as soon as the servers are down.
UI Updates:
Added a new feature in the global inventory in the main menu: players can now search for items in their global inventory. They can either do this by opening their global inventory and start typing or by clicking on the 'search' icon.
^ This search function is also available in the in-game vault. (when accesing global inventory while being in-game)
Added a second screen after players clicking on 'Battle Royale'. The reason we added this button in between is to avoid players from accidently clicking a Battle Royale and then instant join. Now if they click on the Battle Royale button accidently they still have a chance to click on 'back'.
This screen in between is also going to be used as a 'map selection' screen later when we finished our second Battle Royale map. (This map is still work in progress but coming soon!)
Updated the menu UI background and removed the christmas themed one.
Added to the options menu: a button to enable / disable the client-sided headshot feedback sound. (For players that don't want to hear this headshot sound confirmation)
Added to the options menu: a button to enable / disable the sprint sensitity change. In the past we've released an update that changed this but some players liked it and some didn't. That's why we added the option so players can decide themselves.
^ Please note that these 2 options are only changable in the menu OUTSIDE of game servers.
Added a little SafeZone icon next to a players nametag if they have spawnprotection.
Fixed a Crash Related to Accepting Rewards.
Spawn protection colors are now changeable and for sale. They can be bought in the marketplace and set on the 'customize' screen of your character. Each character can have their own spawn protection color.
NOTE: Please keep in mind that this is first release and some colors might not be entirely perfect. If a certain color is 'broken' please let us know so we can update / fix it. Available colors are:
Red
Blue
White
Yellow
Orange
Grey
Purple
Light blue
Pink
Sound Updates:
Added 2 new sounds for headshots. 1 plays locally and is an instant feedback on a player as soon as he shoots a headshot. The other headshot sound plays when you get shot in the head, your friends around you will also hear this.
We suggest players to test the new sounds out themselves to fully understand when what plays. Also something cool to know is that the headshot sounds ONLY plays when the server registered the headshot.
Added more variaty in the 'near miss' shots. (When bullets hit next to you these sounds play)
Reduced overall car engine sound. This sound was originally way too loud and is now reduced.
Reduced local sound of the TEC 9. This sound was also way too loud compared to other guns.
Each terrain type now has its own sounds based on what terrain you shoot. Also particles have been updated. (Check overall updates)
Fixed the menu music. It has been playing the wrong soundtrack for a few weeks now, it finally plays the 'original warz soundtrack'.
Server Updates:
Removed Cliffside from PVP Servers. The map is no longer available since no one played it.
Added 1 more West Oaks server in PVP Servers. This one is AR ONLY.
Item Updates:
Added a new streamer riot shield: 'Riot Shield cr0ssf1r3x'.
Added a new streamer riot shield: 'Riot Shield OG_PVP'.
Added a new streamer riot shield: 'Riot Shield GraQonfire'.
Added a new country riot shield: 'Riot Shield Kazakhstan'.
Added a new country riot shield: 'Riot Shield Costa Rica'.
Decreased the chance of getting a 'Chrome Flashlight' from a Chrome Skinbox.
The 'Karambit Fade' is now renamed to 'Karambit Spectrum'.
The 'Pink Dildo Flashlight' is now renamed to 'Flashlight Pink'.
Lowered the 'TEC 9' shooting sounds.
The 'AN94' (Assault rifle) now has weight.
Fixed the new 'Tactical Binoculars' bug. This item is now ready for release and will be released soon.
Fixed the animation bug with the airdrop caller in FPS where it would glitch and shake while walking.
Fixed a bug where skinned 'K. Style NVGs' would be less weight than the unskinned version.
Fixed / Reworked te Riot Shield Bestsmoke textures.
Fixed / Reworked the Riot Shield SurvivorSkills textures.
Fixed the TPS textures of the 'NP2 Riot Shield'.
Reworked the 'AWP' model. Less polys so better FPS and a better looking model.
Reworked the 'Riot Shield Svena69'. The shield is now exclusively fully chrome and is for that reason also increased in price.
Reworked the 'Karambit Christmas'.
Reworked the 'Karambit Spectrum'.
Reworked the 'Karambit Camo'.
Reworked the 'Karambit E-Unit'.
Reworked the 'Karambit Blue Ice'.
Reworked the 'Karambit Chrome'.
Reworked the 'Karambit Dark Matter'.
Reworked the 'Karambit Dark Ruby'.
Reworked the 'Karambit Fun Edition'.
Reworked the 'Karambit Sapphire'.
Reworked the 'Karambit Jedi'.
Reworked the 'Karambit Valentine'.
Reworked the 'Karambit Skully Pink'.
Reworked the 'Karambit Red Strike'.
Reworked the 'Karambit Peridot'.
Reworked the 'Karambit Hessonite'.
Reworked the 'Karambit Citrine'.
Reworked the 'Karambit Dreadnought'.
Inspect karambit animations are still work in progress - coming soon.
Skin Updates:
Added a new skin to the camo skinbox: 'AWP Camo'.
Added a new skin to the destruction skinbox: 'L85 Destruction'.
Updated the 'AWP Chrome' textures to match the new model.
Updated the 'AWP Fun Edtion' textures to match the new model.
Updated the 'AWP Black Night' textures to match the new model.
Updated the 'AWP Red Dragon' textures to match the new model.
Updated various descriptions of Small Backpack skins.
Updated the 'Honey Badger Toxic' store icon.
Updated the 'Blaser Fredaikis' textures and icon.
Updated the 'Heavy Gear Neon Dragon' textures. (The back side of the item was just black)
Fixed / Updated the textures of the K. Style NVG Modern Black.
Fixed the "SVD Winter Edition" scope.
Fixed the 'Aug Temptest' store icon. (Wasn't showing the right one before)
Map Updates:
Colorado V2:
Removed Christmas trees.
Increased military loot at the airport. The amount of loot should now be around the same as on the airport in Colorado V1.
Improved collision walls around Lonetree Farm. WARNING: Glitching through invisible walls is bannable.
Fixed some flying water panes randomly in the map.
Fixed some flying Sandbags at the Varo Base.
Fixed a place in Boulder City where players could get stuck in between some safezone walls.
Added some 'jumpups' on the seperate bridge in campos at the 5-Story.
Added a small village in Death Valley to make the place more interesting. Also added item boxes and loot.
Added a 'jump-up' object at the bus in the centre of Boulder City.
Added more player spawns around Boulder City to improve PVP.
Added a second entry to Lonetree Farm.
Added 1 Alien Super Zombie to Death Valley.
Colorado V1:
Removed Christmas trees.
Added missing item box spawns to Delta Peak.
Added a 'jump-up' object at the bus in the centre of Boulder City.
Added many objects in cities so that players can jump on top of things / buildings easier.
Fixed the despawn timer of a superzombie in boulder city.
Fixed several flying objects at West Boulder Meteorological Station.
Fixed the zombie spawn at Badgers Hut where superzombies spawned.
Fixed a zombie spawn in Fallsdale where no zombies spawned.
Caliwood:
Improved overall lighting. The map overall was looking way too bright.
Removed Christmas trees.
Removed some objects that caused lagg / freezes.
Buffed the loot of the secret spot.
Added some more player spawns around the beach area's.
Added collision inside busses where players could get stuck in.
Fixed some no-clippable rocks and trees around the beach area's.
Fixed some mis placed cars inside the big tunnel.
Rocky Ford:
Fixed several ways to no-clip / glitch inside the 'garage house'.
West Oaks:
Improved collision walls inside the map to prevent players from glitching on top of certain buildings.
The patch is planned to roll out on the following time:
Tuesday, January 17, 10:00 AM (CET)
If you have more questions about the upcoming update please ask us and we will try to answer everything.
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Best regards,
// Infestation: The New Z - Staff Team

STATUS:
Dear players,
With the servers going down shortly we also take this opportunity to perform a patch. Here's more information about the server downtime:
Servers will be down for around 2-3 hours. This is just an estimation, this can be done earlier or can take longer depending on how fast everything goes. We are doing everything we can to get the servers back up again as soon as possible.
Here are the patch notes:
Overall Updates:
The World Skinbox is removed from the marketplace and now a find-able skinbox. The super zombies have a chance of dropping this skin box.
Fixed various server crashes and improved overall stability.
Fixed a bug where the aircraft that drops the airdrop would descend with the airdrop.
Fixed a bug where the friend invite notification would be sent to yourself, instead of the friend you actually added.
Fixed the issue with the Hunter character where one of the heads did not have a neck. This model is now updated to a head with a neck attached.
Fixed the issue where one of the Ex Cage Fighter body's did not match the heads. This is now updated.
Fixed a no-clip bug related to sneaking.
Optimized some parts of the game, which were very CPU intensive.
Player Spawn Fix: We lowered the radius of the "Danger-Zone" in the spawn system from 600 meter to 250 meter. Now people wont spawn in another other town after reviving.
To make food a bit more useful especially in the Battle Royale game mode we have buffed the statistics of food: All food now either heals or gives stamina, some food more than other food.
Improved overall textures and terrain quality.
Sprinting no longer has a different mouse sensitivity.
Removed the camera limit while sprinting.
Karambit icon, model and animations have been reworked. We are also going to add a special 'inspect' animation for the karambit only but for now this is not live yet. The new karambit animations are way better quality than the old ones.
We will rework all skinned karambits for next patch and also switch those to the new animations. For now, only the normal karambit is updated.
Added a streamer mode, where the server is hidden both in the loading screen, and the PauseUI (map, inventory, etc). To enable this mode, please go to your game settings (Documents/FredaikisAB/NewZ/gameSettings.ini) and put enable_stream_mode to 1.
Fixed a bug where shields could not be placed on top of each other.
UI Updates:
Added a new button in the "you are dead" menu to disconnect.
Added to in-game chat: hotkey's to each channel tab. This makes it easier for new players to understand what button to press to switch chat channels.
Community Updates:
The forward grip and modular arm combat grip are now both better in their own way. The forward grip has more reduced recoil, while the modular combat grip has more reduced spread. (Differences are very small though but this gives players the option to choose, what they like the most)
Item boxes rework:
We have reworked the item box system. Finding an item box should be rewarding for players and feel as an achievement, therefor we have reworked the entire system:
Item boxes will from now on ALWAYS drop a rare sniper. (The chance they give a rare sniper is higher than any other place to find snipers. Item boxes are THE thing to go for if you want rare snipers)
Item boxes will ONLY spawn at military locations in Colorado V2, V1 and Caliwood.
Bigger locations have more, smaller locations have less. Here's some tips and facts about the new item box system:
Item boxes are hidden, they are going to be hard to find. Remember the places where you find one because they will not ALWAYS spawn at that place.
Item box spawns are unique. There's around 10 spots for them to spawn in an area, but only 1 of the spots will have it spawning. This means that in the beginning it's going to be very hard to find out where all the spots are. Once you get the hang of it and know all the spots, it's just a matter of checking all the locations to see which one spawned.
Marketplace Updates:
Added 'Riot Shield ZB' and is now available in the in-game marketplace. (Zombie Barricades)
Added 'Riot Shield Dr4g0on' and is now available in the in-game marketplace. (Dr4g0on)
Added 'Riot Shield MMFK' and is now available in the in-game marketplace. (MMFK Clan)
Added 'Riot Shield PSH' and is now available in the in-game marketplace. (Moderator)
Car spawners are now 50% cheaper and a buggy spawner is now GD. We are aware of the issues with cars and because of that we have made them cheaper. In the process we are still working on improving the system.
Skin Updates:
Fixed the 'AUG Dreadnought' skin recipe icon.
Fixed the 'Blaser Red Dragon' skin recipe icon.
Updated the 'M4 Revall' skin recipe and normal icon.
Item Updates:
'SVD Ammo' is now called 'SVD 10 Ammo' so it's easier for players to see what magazine has 20 bullets and what has 10.
The OTS-SVU and the black night skin for the sniper now have a PSO scope by default. (Like all the other skinned versions)
The TEC9 is now capable of having any SMG ammo attached.
The AK47 is now capable of having side attachments attached. (Rifle laser, Rifle flashlight)
Fixed the Riot Shield GrankGrunz description.
Fixed the M200 fire rate. The sniper now shoots as fast as all the other snipers.
Highered the normal M4 damage to 23,5.
Highered the mosin damage to 55 and uppered the fire rate to 50.
Battle Royale Updates:
Fixed a bug where an airdrop would drop outside the safe radius in Battle Royale.
Fixed a bug where pressing the Battle Royale button, when the Battle Royale servers are full, would make the button bug out.
The position of the Battle Royale safe zone will only be revealed after 3 minutes, when the radiation starts. This prevents players from camping at the start.
Added new radiation on-screen effects to the Battle Royale. When players are in radiation they now have a better visual feedback.
Death sounds have been disabled in the Battle Royale lobby.
Reworked some features of the Battle Royale UI; added a visual indicator to see when the radiation starts.
Added a Pole with a blue flag to indicate the center of the Battle Royale Safe-zone.
Autoskin now works in Battle Royale servers for the small backpack.
Map Updates:
Colorado v2:
Optimized overall terrain quality.
Decreased / optimized overall grass to improve FPS and performance.
Reduced the amount of super zombies overall. Super zombies now only spawn at military places.
Removed the random menu music playing in Campos city around the five story.
We've checked the whole map for flying objects and fixed them.
Major loading time improvements due to removal of duplicate objects.
Colorado v1:
Optimized overall terrain quality.
Lounge:
Optimized overall terrain quality.
Optimized shadow quality.
Removed trees that were no-clippable.
Caliwood:
Optimized overall terrain quality.
Optimized shadow quality.
Removed unused terrain layers to increase FPS and performance.
Added many objects throughout the whole city to make it easier for players to jump on top of certain buildings.
Added more cars on the big roads so players have more cover for PVP.
Reduced the amount of super zombies overall. Super zombies now only spawn at military places.
Reduced overall brightness of the map.
We've checked the whole map for flying objects and fixed them.
Fixed places at the 'Convention Center' where players could get stuck in between objects.
Battle Royale:
Optimized overall terrain quality.
Optimized shadow quality.
Major FPS improvements.
Increased the size of the lobby. With the amount of new players we got Battle Royale's are often filled with a 100 people. The lobby we had was just too small for that. The new lobby is increased in size.
We've checked the whole map for flying objects and fixed them.
Added many objects throughout the whole map for more details and cover for players.
Removed grass that was inside buildings or clipping through streets.
Smallville:
Optimized overall terrain quality.
Fixed some flying objects.
Rocky Ford:
Optimized overall terrain quality.
West Oaks:
Optimized overall terrain quality.
Spring Valley:
Optimized overall terrain quality.
Clear V2:
Optimized overall terrain quality.
ClearSmall:
Optimized overall terrain quality.
Cliffside:
Optimized overall terrain quality.
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Best regards,
// Infestation: New Z Staff Team
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Dear players,
With the Steam release upcoming tomorrow we're going through some final changes / fixes. This is also to get the 'wave' of newer players easier into the game.
For everyone who hasn't read the news about steam yet, here's the original post: https://goo.gl/C4LZBJ
Also, the release date is updated to: 22 nov 2016 @ 5:00am PST!
Thanks for understanding and patience, here are the notes:
Overall Updates:
Fixed a crash related to skinning items.
Fixed a crash / kick when a player exits a car.
Fixed multiple small UI crashes and bugs.
Fixed a bug where switching slots while reloading would bug the reload animation. (Ammo was flying in the air LOL)
Fixed a bug where the grenade would attract zombies when landing on the ground, before the explosion.
Skill tree will no longer count in Battle Royale as this is a unique game-mode next to our 'Open World' that doesn't have anything to do with Global Inventory / character statistics.
Autorun (Activated with NUM-LOCK key) now actually makes your character run instead of walk.
Airdrops will now attract zombies up on landing.
Super zombies have been tweaked. No minor changes.
Reviving your character (for all accounts without premium) no longer costs GC. Players can revive their character for 15.000 $ / GD.
New accounts can now also play Battle Royale without any time limit. There's still a time limit for other servers.
Fixed the Battle Royale camera shake bug. If you still have this problem, fully empty the selected character's inventory. This will fix the problem.
Battle Royale Updates:
We've done some tweaks to the Battle Royale game mode to improve PVP and make the game-play a bit faster. Also we have improved the safe area system: The overall system is now smarter. The safe zone radius now decreases depending on where the remaining players are located, for example: When the safe zone radius is 500 meter, but all the players are in a 200 meter radius, the safe zone radius will decrease to 200 meter on the next decrease tick. This is to make overall game play faster without having players waiting and camping everywhere.
The safe area radius now decreases faster.
The safe area radius now starts a bit bigger.
Players can now see the safe area radius in the minimap.
Skilltree has been disabled in Battle Royale. Skilltree is only used for our Open World game mode.
UI Updates:
For new players coming to the game we've done some UI changes:
Players can now attach any attachments by dragging the attachment in their inventory on top of their gun.
Weapons now show in the description of the item what ammo can be attached. This to avoid any confusing about "What ammo is for what gun?".
Added a UI indicator reminding you to reload when your ammo is critically low!
Community Updates:
Loot and item spawns will be LIVE tweaked somewhere tonight. We will add new items that don't spawn yet, and do some tweaks. Don't worry, there won't be a nerf or anything. More information with details about what exactly changed will be posted later.
Item Updates:
Fixed the Riot Shield GG store icon. The shield is now available in the marketplace again.
Fixed the Riot Shield GrankhGrunz.
Fixed the Riot Shield NP2 texture. (Texture of the crate model was missing)
Fixed the K. Style NVG texture and store icon problem.
Enjoy the patch, all feedback and reports are welcome!
Regards,
// Infestation: New Z Staff Team
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Dear Players,
We're rolling out a quick hotfix to fix some issues related to last patch.
Russian is now available as in-game language.
Fixed some problems related to the in-game UI text. Some text was missing / bugged.
Fixed / Updated some UI buttons. Resized some elements.
Updated / Tweaked chat UI.
There's been some problems for players with lower-end pc's regarding the lighting changes. Therefor we've tweaked them a bit to increase FPS and performance:
Adjusted fog settings. Less fog overall and fog almost entirely removed during full day time.
Tweaked further global settings to increase FPS.
Fixed the M4 Revall texture problems.
Fixed the VSS Red Dragon scope. The sniper now has it's own custom skinned scope.
Fixed a problem related the the FOV of the OTS SVU sniper & skinned versions.
New Riot Shields are now available in the marketplace.
ClearV2, SpringValley and WestOaks now no longer has a clan limit.
Found a map related problem / bug / glitch? Please report it through the following link: http://goo.gl/forms/ig1aaAizREIntQPG2
Enjoy the patch, all feedback and reports are welcome!
Regards,
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Estimated Patch Release: Sunday, November 13, 10:00 AM (UTC+2)
Dear Players,
A patch will roll out tomorrow morning (depending on what time mr. Fredaikis wakes up) for the following things:
Overall Updates:
Updated some loading screens.
Fixed crash: "000051.876| MatLib: there is no material data/objectsdepot\wz_military\Materials\CR_Tileable_MetalPainted_MilitaryGreen_01.mat
(Loading mesh data/objectsdepot/wz_military/bld_watchtower_01.scb)"
About the AUG forward grip: This weapon wasn't planned on having the possibility to attach a forward grip. We announced some time ago that the gun would be able to have a forward grip attached but unfortunately we have to take that back. The AUG is not capable of having a forward grip attached.
Fixed some texture bugs related to the IBA Sand, Medium armor, Light gear & MTV. Lighting Changes:
This is a big part of our patch. Even though that probably in a lot of player's opinions the lighting in-game has been fine, and would be unnecessary to work on at this moment, we still decided to take a closer and deeper look into it. Why? We, especially me (Sven) and Fred weren't really satisfied with the current lighting quality of the game. We felt like it was not reflecting what the possibilities are with our engine and it wasn't looking 'good'. We decided to take a deeper look into it and we've reworked the entire lighting for EVERY map except Colorado V1. (Reason: we want to keep colorado v1 the same as the 'old colorado v1' lighint always been.)
Here's the major changes (summarized up) that we've done:
Reworked atmospheric fog: better colors, transitions and better 'fade' with sky domes.
Reworked post FX colors: brighter colors, more 'happy' overall colors and best of all a more realistic looking FX.
Night vision settings remain untouched BUT we've fixed problems with glow, light swords and sun that affect night vision.
Fixed some lighting / shadow bugs related to the light swords.
Sky domes and transitions from dawn - day - dusk - night have been optimized. Some maps would show 2 suns, those are now fixed and the sun is lined up with the sky dome.
Major other changes and tweaks. Some too small to mention.
We hope you all like these new changes, we are at least more satisfied with the global look of the game now. Let us know what you think!
UI Updates:
Fixed a UI Bug where the right click menu would bug under the menu in the in-game inventory.
Improved overall UI quality. Did some small changes to make it look just a little bit better.
Community Updates:
Autumn & Dreadnought skinbox have been removed from airdrop caller loot.
Airdrop caller loot has been updated:
Removed all GD skinboxes from airdrop callers.
Added 2 new skinboxes to the airdrop caller loot: the Hynx Skinbox & Jedi Skinbox.
Added 2 new karambits to the airdrop caller loot: the karambit citrine & karambit peridot.
We are discussing the following: Being able to put any scope on any gun including snipers. This is NOT implemented in this patch and still considered with the community. For more information & where you can let us know your opinion, please visit:
Skin Updates:
Updated the AUG Shark Attack texture. You can now see the shark on the texture better.
Updated the K. Style Camo. The texture looks better now.
Updated the Sig Sauer 556 Destruction icon.
Updated the AUG Shark Attack texture.
Updated the clan skins for DDO5, the skins are now glowing.
The Machete Forest Camo is now called Machete Camo.
The Blaser Hynx now also has a Hynx scope attached.
Fixed the G36 Canada texture problems. The texture should work properly now.
Fixed the Famas Valentine texture problem.
Fixed the L85 Black Night chrome being 'plastic' quality. The quality is now improved.
Added a new skin to the Dragon Skinbox: The VSS Red Dragon.
Item Updates:
Updated the AUG Store Icon. The icon looks better now.
Updated the GI-Acces locker texture. You can now see the 'numpad' better and overall texture is better quality.
Updated the Mauser SRG description. It no longer says 'desert' in the description of the item.
Updated the Riot Shield Fredaikis texture.
Updated the Riot Shield SkillerFreak texture.
Updated the M107 Blueprint scope -> fixed the texture.
Added new media riot shield: Riot Shield GrankhGranz.
Added new media riot shield: Riot Shield MYSTA.
The AN94 is now capable of having a forward grip attached.
The TEC9 is now capable of having any SMG ammo attached. (SMG 20 or SMG 40)
The AK47 is now capable of having side attachments attached. (Rifle laser, Rifle flashlight)
The MP5/10 is now capable of having any AR grip attached. (Forward grip, modular combat grip)
Re-added media riot shield: Riot Shield Przemoo TV.
Re-added media riot shield: Riot Shield BestSmoke.
Re-added media riot shield: Riot Shield Arridow.
^ We are sorry that those shields got removed earlier. This was due a big misunderstanding.
Map Updates:
We've done some major lighting tweaks. Please read our "Overall Updates" for more info on this.
Rocky Ford:
Fixed some flying objects.
Fixed some objects with missing physicx.
Removed some unnecessary objects.
Changed the position of the post office/medic building to a more open place to make it less camper friendly. (Community suggestion)
Blocked the back side of the garage building to prevent players from jumping on top of it.
Caliwood:
Removed player spawns from one of the broken down bridges close to the convention center in the center of the map.
Improved collision walls around buildings to prevent players from glitching on top of them.
Improved terrain quality for players that play on ultra.
Fixed / Improved player spawns to improve pvp quality.
SmallVille:
Fixed some flying objects.
Removed some unnecessary objects.
Fixed / Improved player spawns to improve pvp quality.
Changed the position of the post office/medic building to a more open place to make it less camper friendly. (Community suggestion)
Battle Royale:
Fixed some objects with missing physicx.
Lounge:
Updated / Fixed 'broken' shadows. Shadows (even on ultra) work properly now.
Removed the market NPC's due glitches and desyncs.
Spring Valley:
Fixed some flying objects.
Fixed / Improved player spawns to improve pvp quality.
West Oaks:
Fixed some flying objects.
Fixed / Improved player spawns to improve pvp quality.
Colorado V1:
Fixed some flying objects.
Fixed / Improved player spawns to improve pvp quality.
Improved collision walls around buildings to prevent players from glitching on top of them.
Improved terrain quality for players that play on ultra.
Colorado V2:
Fixed the building overgrowth problem having no physicx. Players can no longer 'walk through' the overgrowth.
Fixed / Improved player spawns around Clearview.
Fixed / Updated some flying objects around Clearview.
Fixed / Updated some flying objects around Smallville.
Improved terrain quality for players that play on ultra.
Improved the water color.
Removed the old secret spot.
Added a new secret spot.
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Oh, and we have just released a new trailer! Make sure to check it out and share it with your friends!
Enjoy the patch, all feedback and reports are welcome!
Regards,
// Infestation: New Z Staff Team
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Dear Players,
We're rolling out a small patch for Halloween. This patch contains some small changes for the Halloween weekend, but also other smaller fixes we already worked on and fixed. Here are the notes:
For Halloween Weekend:
(Temporary) Halloween background in the main menu of the game.
(Temporary) Halloween music / sounds in the main menu of the game.
(Temporary) Zombies drop Halloween items now; candy, witch hat, Halloween skinbox, pumpkin hats & more.
(Temporary) Zombies have special Halloween hats equipped.
Double XP & GD until the end of this event. (ends: Tuesday, November 1, 23:59 (UTC+2))
Double GC until the end of this event. (starts: Friday, October 28, 23:59 (UTC+2)) (ends: Tuesday, November 1, 23:59 (UTC+2))
Halloween skinbox is released and only achievable during this event. (drops from zombies, loot, marketplace)
New Halloween marketplace spotlight. (ends: Tuesday, November 1, 23:59 (UTC+2))
Release of some new Halloween items.
More Facebook giveaways during the weekend and on actual Halloween.
Normal notes:
Overall Updates:
Fixed a big problem where sometimes attachments of guns would not show or show bugged when a gun is on a players back. When a gun is on a players back the gun now shows all the attachments + ammo properly.
Fixed a bug (mainly occurring in Battle Royale) where the camera of the player would bug and shake. This no longer happens.
Overgrowth on buildings is no longer no-clippable.
UI Updates:
Fixed a bug where an extra (new) character slot would appear with an invisible character available. This is now removed.
Players can now drop items by moving them in the 'blank' spaces of the inventory. This can also be done with stacks of items.
Players can now change their 'item highlight color' in the main menu -> options of the game instead of in-game.
Community Updates:
Premium skinboxes now have a higher spawn-rate in general.
Skin Updates:
Updated the AUG Christmas skin texture due community feedback. The front part of the skin is now more 'solid' white.
Updated the M200 Chrome to more 'real chrome'. Before it was 'mat' chrome. This is fixed now.
Item Updates:
AUG is now able to have a forward grip attached.
"Mauser SRG Desert" has been renamed to "Mauser SRG".
"Shadow" (mask) has been renamed to "Shadow mask".
Hunter Backpack now has 7 slots more: 68 slots to 75 slots.
Fixed the problem with the "Famas Valentine" not having an iron sight.
Map Updates:
Battle Royale:
Night vision helmets no longer spawn in Battle Royale since the map is day only.
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Happy Halloween!
Enjoy the patch, all feedback and reports are welcome!
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PATCH STATUS: Patch incoming
Server downtime 30-45 minutes.
Dear Players,
We are quickly rolling out a hotfix to fix some major problems. Before we run into the notes we would like to explain you why this hotfix is rolling out now and why it has not been rolled out directly after the patch - days ago. After the patch we've started working instantly on something that needed to happen ASAP; simply said: "Removing / cleaning a lot of assets from our current game build". Why? Why now? This needed to happen ASAP, it was / is a lot of work to do and it could only be done by 1 person at the time. The reason we needed to do this process has a lot to do with something we can not mention yet, but will soon be announced.
What this "process" means for you as a player:
NO items are removed. YOU as player will NOT notice ANY difference.
Total game size has been decreased with around 20% by removing assets, files which were not in use at all. -> faster download for new players!
Possible amount of crashes has been decreased drastically. No more 'weird' errors caused by files that we're interrupting with other files.
Possibly better FPS, performance and faster loading times when joining a server.
Better security against possibly copyrighted assets: in this "process" we've literally checked every single asset / file that is in the game, documented & researched it and made sure it's completely owned by us & or legal to use.
Again, we are very sorry that we have not been able to roll out a hotfix instant. We hope players can now understand a bit better why we could not hotfix directly after the patch. Again, stay tuned for some epic news soon.
Here are the hotfix notes:
Fixed the problem related to AR spread being completely wrong. After latest patch we realized the value was WAY too high. This has been reverted.
Fixed the problems on PVP maps where players would constantly spawn in one certain player spawn only.
Fixed a problem related to left peak, still being able to be abused by using a sniper.
Updated some item names and descriptions.
Updated server list. Rocky Ford:
Added some objects around Small Market for more cover and protection for players.
Replaced enter-able buildings with old buildings due community feedback.
Fixed the lighting of night time (it was too dark before - community feedback)
Updated lighting and quality of the terrain to make it look more realistic.
Updated minimap (+ Terrain of the map has been reworked)
Fixed player spawns. Players should no longer spawn outside the map anymore. Caliwood
Added multiple collision walls to deny players from accessing rooftops and balconies where they aren't suppose to go. Spring Valley
Fixed some no-clippable fences.
Updated lighting and quality of the terrain to make it look more realistic.
Fixed player spawns. Players should no longer spawn outside the map anymore. Smallville
Updated lighting and quality of the terrain to make it look more realistic.
Fixed player spawns. Players should no longer spawn outside the map anymore. ClearV2
Fixed some flying objects.
Updated lighting and quality of the terrain to make it look more realistic.
Fixed player spawns. Players should no longer spawn outside the map anymore. ClearSmall
Removed unnecessary grass layers to improve FPS and performance.
Fixed some flying objects.
Updated lighting and quality of the terrain to make it look more realistic.
Fixed player spawns. Players should no longer spawn outside the map anymore. WestOaks
Fixed some flying objects.
Updated lighting and quality of the terrain to make it look more realistic.
Fixed player spawns. Players should no longer spawn outside the map anymore. Cliffside
Decreased the total amount of zombies.
Removed loot entirely from the map.
Removed airdrops entirely from the map.
Fixed player spawns. One of the player spawns was under the ground causing a spawned in player to die instant. Battle Royale
Updated lighting and quality of the terrain to make it look more realistic. Colorado V2
Fixed some flying roads around Glenwood Springs.
Enjoy the hotfix, all feedback and reports are welcome! Please read the header of this post for patch time details & ETA.
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PATCH STATUS: LIVE Dear Players,
It's time again for an update. This patch might come as a surprise to a lot of people due to the fact that we patched only one week ago, but due to several reasons we decided to do a quicker "smaller" hotfix to fix some game-breaking related problems. As you will notice by reading these patch notes, we have not really added any new content, this is also why this patch is intentionally meant as a hotfix. With this patch we have focused on fixing minor issues. We felt like we couldn't really start working on new features/content due to the fact that there were still game-breaking related issues in the game like the abuse of left peak, macro problems, voip & crashes. With this patch we have focussed fully on these problems and should be mostly fixed now. Let's get into details now:
Overall Updates:
Updated some spelling mistakes and made some improvements to the German language pack.
Updated some spelling mistakes and made some improvements to the Dutch language pack.
Turkish is now available as game language.
Vietnamese is now available as game language.
Polish is now available as game language.
Players can now repair a car without placing the actual car down. This can be done by taking a car + a repair kit in your backpack -> right click repair and choose a repair kit to repair the car with.
The "Repair" does not show up when a car is at 100% durability.
Premium repair kits repair for 100%, normal repair kits for 30%.
Car system has been improved. VOIP:
We've experienced some problems regarding VOIP after our latest patch. VOIP was still not available in public (Official) EU Servers. This had something to do with the security/anti-ddos of our EU server. Our apologies for not releasing VOIP fully at once, but we finally fixed the problem and VOIP is now available on EU Official Servers too. LEFT PEAK:
Yes. Left peak, players abusing left peak, it's been a major game-breaking problem recently in the game and it's been taking up a lot of time from us thinking about solutions. Finally we've found the right solution for left peak and most important, it's no longer abusable by players anymore. Enjoy!
Fixed a bug related to auto-skinning items. Some times some items in players accounts didn't auto skin. This is now fixed.
UI Updates:
Fixed a UI Bug where sometimes the scroll bar in the server browser would not work correctly.
Moved the in-game statistics that were originally under the chat to the down left box (where health, sprint bar etc.. is) so that when players hide the chat now still can see their player statistics. Also changed some of the text fields inside the statistic bars to a shorter text for more space.
Updated the UI background to a new one for a new fresher look.
Updated the top menu in the UI and made it more transparent so it fits better with the rest of the menu.
Updated the "Play" screen. Instead of showing 2 buttons: Competitive / Open World we've changed the buttons and released the new layout as 'basis' for the future of this game. There's now 4 buttons:
Open World -> All normal game modes and everything related to a player's Global Inventory.
Battle Royale -> One of our 'main' game-modes.
Survival -> Coming soon.
Competitive -> Coming soon.
Removed the "Battle Royale" button from the open world screen. (Since this game-mode is not open world but an actual game-mode)
Removed the "Coming Soon" button from the open world screen. (This button was a place-holder for the competitive game-mode but we have another place for this game-mode now.)
The open world server selection screen now has 2 less buttons and is resized a bit.
Fixed a bug in the Options - Controls menu when applying a different sensitivity the bar / value would change / bug when clicking on apply. This bug is now fixed.
Community Updates:
Improved the AK-74M after community feedback. This assault rifle was way too bad compared to other guns. With these changes we hope that this gun will be used more by players. Spread is decreased & Recoil is decreased.
AK-74M spawn rate has been increased. The gun should now be more common.
Basic Glasses are now spawning. Skins for this item will be released soon.
Crash Updates:
Fixed a bug where another player's reputation would bug and not show the right reputation icon.
Fixed a bug where the kill feed would sometimes show random black glitched bars.
Fixed a bug related to the 'ZK spawner' (car) having 0% durability when the item was in your backpack.
Fixed a bug where dead player models would, on some clients, randomly stand as if they were alive.
Fixed a bug that would sometimes 'delay' a players jump in first / third person.
Crash Updates:
Fixed the M4 USA skin animation problems.
Fixed some problems regarding duplicate skins in the same skinbox.
Fixed / Updated the K. Style NVG Gosu textures.
Fixed / Updated the Custom Guerilla Autumn textures.
Fixed / Updated the K. Style Autumn textures.
Fixed / Updated the K. Style NVG Autumn textures.
Fixed / Updated the Heavy Gear Autumn textures.
Fixed / Updated the Heavy Armor Camo textures.
Fixed / Updated the Custom Guerilla camo icon & textures.
Fixed / Updated the Saiga camo icon & textures.
Fixed / Updated the SVD camo icon & textures.
Fixed / Updated the IBA Sand camo icon & textures.
Fixed / Updated the Machete camo icon & textures.
Fixed / Updated the Large Backpack camo icon & textures.
Fixed / Updated the FN Scar camo icon & textures.
Fixed / Updated the Military Backpack camo icon & textures.
Fixed / Updated the Camo Skinbox icon & textures.
Added new streamer / youtuber Riot Shields. (Soon in marketplace)
The SVD Camo now has its own camo pso scope.
The IBA Combat is now called IBA Camo.
CLAN SKINS UPDATE:
Lots of players have been asking us what exactly is happening regarding clan skins. We've experienced some problems recently and weren't very happy in adding more because certain clans have been abusing their skins and been selling their slots. We then decided not to add any clan skins until we've found a solution for this problem. Now, we did:
Clan skins requirements have been increased -> This way we can filter the 'professional' clans out, etc.
Clan skins will be available after 1 week when a player joins a clan. -> to prevent clans from selling their slots.
Please be warned that any clan we see selling their clan slots either for ingame currency OR external currency will be banned PERMANENTLY.
More info will follow soon regarding the new applications for clan skins, stay tuned on our social media and forums!
A forum post will follow later regarding the new clan / riot shield applications and requirements. Stay tuned for that.
NEW AUG + SKINS:
We've finally finished reworking the AUG to a new model. This means we also had to rework all current skins for the AUG. By doing this we've also reworked all of the old (removed) AUG skins and we can now finally re-release them. Here's a list of what skins got reworked:
AUG Tropico
AUG Tempest
AUG Skull
AUG Shark Attack
AUG Rainforest
AUG Melon
AUG Indy
AUG Destruction
AUG Golem
AUG Christmas
AUG Fun Edition
AUG Dreadnought
Item Updates:
Updated the Airdrop Caller icon to a much better / cleaner looking one.
Updated the AUG (Assault Rifle model). The old AUG model caused a lot of players to lag and was low quality. The new AUG model is improved and optimized.
Updated the AUG store icon to the new AUG.
Chainsaws now continuously play sounds even when holding down the mouse button. (Before it was on 'semi' mode only playing the sound after a mouse-click)
Decreased the protection rate on basic glasses, since this item realistically doesn't look as protective as a K. Style or helmet.
Fixed the AN94 animation bug when a player is prone, the gun would be bugged. This is also fixed for the skins of this gun.
Map Updates:
Rocky Ford:
Reworked the entire map. Rocky Ford will be available as PVP server again!
Reworked the minimap.
West Oaks:
Fixed flying objects around the gas station and diner.
Fixed a bug where players could sometimes spawn outside of the playable area.
Caliwood:
Added more ways up on the roof of the Convention Center which is located in the center of the map.
Colorado V2:
Fixed flying objects around the secret spot.
Fixed some no-clippable rocks around Campos City.
Fixed a bug at the airport where zombies could no-clip through the crashed helicopter in the center of the airport.
Fixed a bug at the airport where zombies could no-clip through a trailer model.
Fixed a bug where players could sometimes spawn outside of the playable area.
Updated the height of the water due problems at the lake next to Clearview.
Colorado V1:
Colorado V1 is still in development and being tested. Still we would like to point out some updates we did:
Fixed flying objects around the Trailer Park.
Updated lighting settings.
Updated the height of the water due to problems at the lake next to Clearview.
Smallville:
Fixed a bug where players could sometimes spawn outside of the playable area.
Fixed flying objects.
Updated the billboard with some collision walls so players can't no-clip through it anymore.
Updated lighting settings due to some problems and player complaints.
Spring Valley:
Fixed a bug where players could sometimes spawn outside of the playable area.
Found a map related problem / bug / glitch? Please report it through the following link: http://goo.gl/forms/ig1aaAizREIntQPG2
As you can see, we changed the server selection screen (after you click on play) once again. Finally this pre-selection screen is at a point where we are satisfied and we think with these 4 buttons the game is easily understandable for new players. Also in the old pre-selection screen Battle Royale was part of the Open World server selection screen. Obviously, as we all know, Battle Royale is not considered to be an open world type, but a major game mode. Just like the 2 new buttons we added; Survival and Competitive. Our goal is to finish at least one of the 2 major game modes somewhere in the upcoming weeks.
Enjoy the patch, all feedback and reports are welcome! Please read the header of this post for patch time details & ETA.
Regards,
// Infestation: New Z Staff Team
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